L. Mendel Rivers House

L. Mendel Rivers House is a South Carolina historical marker in Berkeley County, dedicated 2005.

Berkeley County · dedicated 2005 · Mendel Rivers Ave. and Brick Church Cir., St. Stephen, St. Stephen

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Front: Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), lawyer, state representative 1933-36 and U.S. Representative 1940-70, was born in nearby Gumville and grew up on the family farm on Bonneau Road (now Mendel Rivers Avenue). Rivers attended the College of Charleston and the University of S.C. School of Law, practicing law in Charleston before winning a special election to the S.C. legislature in 1933. Reverse: Rivers served as a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Dept. 1936-40 before being elected to Congress. A firm supporter of the military, Rivers was re-elected for fifteen terms. He was instrumental in expanding the Charleston Navy Base after World War II and served as chair of the House Armed Services Committee 1965-70, during the Vietnam War. He is buried at St. Stephen Episcopal Church.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Charleston Harbor Pilots, Maybank Shipping Company, and the William Gilmore Simms Literary Society

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