Martin Frederick Ansel

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Martin Frederick Ansel
Coleman Livingston Blease
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County
In office
November 28, 1882 – November 27, 1888
Personal details
Born
Martin Frederick Ansel

(1850-12-12)December 12, 1850
Charleston, South Carolina
DiedAugust 23, 1945(1945-08-23) (aged 94)
Greenville, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Ophelia Anne Speights
Addie Hollingsworth Harris
Children3
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Martin Frederick Ansel (December 12, 1850 – August 23, 1945) was the

from 1907 to 1911.

Early life

Born in

solicitor in the eighth Judicial Circuit, where he stayed until 1901.[1]

Term as governor

He explored a run for governor in 1902, but did not actually run until 1906. He was re-elected in 1908. During his term, statewide prohibition was established.[2][3]

Marriages and children

He was first married to Ophelia Anne Speights, daughter of A.M. Speights, founder of The Greenville News, with whom he had two daughters and a son, but who died in 1894, then to Addie Hollingsworth Harris, who died in 1937.[4] One of his daughters, Frederica, christened the battleship USS South Carolina (BB-26) in 1908.

Death

He served as an elder at First Presbyterian church of Greenville.[2] He was interred in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Martin Frederick Ansel". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  3. ^ "South Carolina - Martin Frederick Ansel - 1907-1911". www.sciway.net. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. ^ James Calvin Hemphill (1907). Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life: a Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Men of Mark Publishing Company. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of South Carolina
1906, 1908
Succeeded by
Coleman Livingston Blease
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of South Carolina
1907–1911
Succeeded by
Coleman L. Blease

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