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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2011
Caption: The State House, the controversial Benjamin RyanTillman Monument, on north lawn
Additional Description: (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office. Combative, vitriolic, and openly racist, Tillman's views were a matter of national controversy. Tillman was a member of the Democratic Party. Tillman also served on the first Board of Trustees at Clemson University after assisting with its founding (Wikipedia)
Submitted: January 23, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p142993
File Size: 0.128 Megabytes

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