George Bell Timmerman

75th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1955 to 1959

Date Born: August 11, 1912

Date Died: Living

Place Born: Anderson, SC

Place Buried: TBD

Residence: Unknown

Occupation: Lawyer


University of South Carolina - LL.B. 1937, J.D. 1970
The Citadel - LL.D. 1950

Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1947-1955

1954 - Timmerman was elected without opposition, receiving 214,204 votes.

1956 – The General Assembly increased the amount of land that a non-American individual or corporation could own in South Carolina from 500 to 500,000 acres

March 8, 1956 – In an effort to stop the sale of Japanese textiles in the state, the General Assembly passed the Hart-Arthur Act requiring stores selling textiles imported from Japan to display a sign reading "Japanese Textiles Sold Here"


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