Date Died: April 20, 1964

Place Buried: Liveoak Cemetery in Walterboro, SC

Occupation: Lawyer, Teacher, Newspaper Editor

University of South Carolina - A.B. 1910, honorary LL.D. 1960
Clemson University - LL.D. awarded posthumously, 1964

South Carolina Senate, 1926-1958
President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate, 1941-1942

On March 2, 1942, as President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate, Jefferies succeeded to office following the death of acting Governor Joseph Emile Harley

Jefferies served as editor of the Walterboro Press and Standard

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