Charles D. Ravenel

Charles "Pug" Ravenel
Born
Charles Dufort Ravenel

(1938-02-14)February 14, 1938
DiedMarch 25, 2017(2017-03-25) (aged 79)
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationBanker
Known forRunning in the 1974 South Carolina gubernatorial election
Political partyDemocrat
Spouses
  • Mary "Mollie" Talbot Curtis
    (m. 1963; div. 1988)
  • Susan "Susu" Heyward Gibbes Woodward
    (m. 1991)

Charles Dufort "Pug" Ravenel (February 14, 1938 – March 25, 2017) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from South Carolina who won the 1974 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Ravenel was the favorite to win the general election until the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled his candidacy invalid on the grounds that he did not meet the state's residency requirements. The eventual winner of the election was James B. Edwards, the state's first Republican governor in decades.