James B. Edwards

James Edwards
Official portrait, 1981
3rd United States Secretary of Energy
In office
January 23, 1981 – November 5, 1982
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byCharles Duncan
Succeeded byDonald Hodel
110th Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979
LieutenantBrantley Harvey
Preceded byJohn West
Succeeded byRichard Riley
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from Charleston County
In office
1973–1975
Personal details
Born
James Burrows Edwards

(1927-06-24)June 24, 1927
Hawthorne, Florida, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 2014(2014-12-26) (aged 87)
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnn Darlington (1951–2014)
EducationCollege of Charleston (BS)
University of Louisville (DMD)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
UnitUnited States Maritime Service
Battles/warsWorld War II

James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era in the 1870s. He later served as the U.S. secretary of energy under Ronald Reagan.