Burnet R. Maybank

Burnet R. Maybank
United States Senator
from South Carolina
In office
November 5, 1941 – September 1, 1954
Preceded byRoger C. Peace
Succeeded byCharles E. Daniel
Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
Preceded byCharles W. Tobey
Succeeded byHomer Capehart
Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Production
In office
September 8, 1950 – January 3, 1953
Alongside Brent Spence
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHomer Capehart
99th Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 17, 1939 – November 4, 1941
LieutenantJoseph Emile Harley
Preceded byOlin D. Johnston
Succeeded byJoseph Emile Harley
54th Mayor of Charleston
In office
December 14, 1931 – December 27, 1938
Preceded byThomas Porcher Stoney
Succeeded byHenry Whilden Lockwood
Personal details
Born
Burnet Rhett Maybank

(1899-03-07)March 7, 1899
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1954(1954-09-01) (aged 55)
Flat Rock, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ChildrenBurnet Rhett Maybank Jr. among others
Alma materCollege of Charleston
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War I

Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899 – September 1, 1954) was a three-term US senator, the 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the first governor from Charleston since the American Civil War (1861-1865) and one of twenty people in United States history to have been elected mayor, governor, and United States senator. During his tenure in the Senate, Maybank was a powerful ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His unexpected death on September 1, 1954, from a heart attack, led to Strom Thurmond being elected senator.