Martin Frederick Ansel
Martin Frederick Ansel | |
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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 December 12, 1850 Charleston, South Carolina |
Died | August 23, 1945 Greenville, South Carolina | (aged 94)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Ophelia Anne Speights Addie Hollingsworth Harris |
Children | 3 |
Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Martin Frederick Ansel (December 12, 1850 – August 23, 1945) was the
89th governor of South Carolina
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
- ISBN 9781570035982.
- ^ a b "Martin Frederick Ansel". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ "South Carolina - Martin Frederick Ansel - 1907-1911". www.sciway.net. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ 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.
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