Joseph Emile Harley

70th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1941 to 1942

Date Born: September 14, 1880

Date Died: February 27, 1942

Place Born: Williston, SC

Place Buried: Unknown

Residence: Barnwell County, SC

Occupation: Lawyer, Colonel in SC National Guard


University of South Carolina

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

On November 4, 1941, Harley succeeded to office following the resignation of Governor Burnet Rhett Maybank

February 27, 1942 – Governor Harley died in office after serving only four months


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