MANN, James Robert, Congress, SC (1920)

MANN James Robert , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., April 27, 1920; graduated from Greenville High School, Greenville, S.C., 1937; B.A., The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., 1941; LL.B., University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, S.C., 1947; editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1947; United States Army, 1941-1946; United States Army Reserve; member, South Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-1952; was admitted to the bar in 1947; lawyer, private practice; appointed solicitor, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, and elected in 1954 and reelected in 1958; secretary, Greenville County Planning Commission, 1963-1967; trustee, Greenville Hospital System, 1966-1968; commander, state of South Carolina, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1951-1952; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; resumed the practice of law; died on December 20, 2010, in Greenville, S.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present