Peace, Roger C. (Roger Craft), 1899-1968

LC control no.	n 88274974
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Peace, Roger C. (Roger Craft), 1899-1968 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1899-05-19
Death date	1968-08-20
Place of birth	Greenville (S.C.)
Place of death	Greenville (S.C.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Found in	NUCMC data from U. of SC, Caroliniana Lib. for Quillen, R. Papers, 1906-1976 (Roger C. Peace) WWWA, 1969-1973 (Peace, Roger Craft, newspaper pub.; b. Greenville, S.C., 1899; m. Etca Tindal Walker, 1920 (d. 1965); chmn. bd. Multimedia Inc.; d. 1968) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed August 28, 2023: (Peace, Roger Craft, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., May 19, 1899; attended the public schools and graduated from Furman University, Greenville, S.C., in 1919; newspaper reporter, sports editor, editor, business manager, and publisher in Greenville, S.C.; during the First World War served as an instructor in the United States Army at Camp Perry in 1918; colonel on the Governor's staff 1930-1934; trustee of Furman University 1938-1948; appointed on August 5, 1941, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alva M. Lumpkin, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Byrnes, and served from August 5, 1941, until November 4, 1941; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; resumed his career of writing, publishing, and civic activities; at the time of his death was chairman of Multimedia, Inc.; died in Greenville, S.C., August 20, 1968; interment in Springwood Cemetery)
Associated language	eng