John C. West Boyhood Home

John C. West Boyhood Home is a South Carolina historical marker in Camden vicinity, Kershaw County, dedicated 1999.

Kershaw County · dedicated 1999 · Cleveland School Rd., just S of I-20, Camden vicinity, Camden vicinity

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This farm was the boyhood home of John Carl West (b. 1922), governor of South Carolina 1971-75. West, a graduate of the Citadel and the University of S.C., served as an intelligence officer in World War II, as state senator 1955-66, and as lieutenant governor 1967-71 before his term as governor. He was later U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia 1977-81.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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John C. West Boyhood Home

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