![James F. Byrnes wearing a dark suit and patterned tie.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/james-f-byrnes.jpg)
An informal photograph of James F. Byrnes, Senator from South Carolina. From Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division. Wikimedia Commons.
(1879-1972) Born in Charleston, SC, James F. Byrnes was a U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Senator, and Governor of South Carolina from 1951-1955.