Joseph Emile Harley

Joseph Emile Harley

Joseph Emile Harley (September 14, 1880ndash February 27, 1942) was a Democratic Governor of South Carolina from 1941 to 1942 and a member of the "Barnwell Ring."

Early Life and Education

Harley was born September 14, 1880 in Williston, South Carolina.

Harley received an LLB from the University of South Carolina in 1902.

He married Agnes Richardson.

Occupations

Harley served as a Colonel in the South Carolina National Guard and as Sergeant of Company L, 1st SC Volunteers in the Spanish-American War.

He also worked as a lawyer.

Democratic Party Activities

*Member of the Democratic National Conventions at Denver in 1908
*Member of the Democratic National Conventions at San Francisco in 1920
*Member of the Democratic National Conventions at Houston in 1928
*Member of the Democratic National Conventions at Chicago in 1932

Elected Positions

*South Carolina House of Representatives, 1905-1906, 1927-1930
*Mayor of Barnwell, South Carolina, 1912-1922
*Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1934-1941

Governor

Harley became Governor of SC on November 4, 1941 upon the resignation of Governor Burnet Maybank who was elected to serve in the US Senate.

On February 27, 1942 Governor Harley died in office after having served only four months. He died of teminal throat cancer. The Governor could only communicate by writing in the last months of his life. He is buried in Baptist Cemetery, Barnwell, SC.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/harley.html SCIway Biography of Joseph Emile Harley]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=2d765e82a858a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of Joseph Emile Harley]


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