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Coleman Livingston Blease
BLEASE, Coleman Livingston , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., October 8, 1868; attended the common schools; graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1889; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Newberry, S.C.; member, State house of representatives 1890-1894, 1899, and 1900, serving as speaker pro tempore 1892-1894; mayor of Helena, S.C., in 1897; city attorney of Newberry in 1901 and 1902; member, State senate 1905-1909, serving as president pro tempore in 1906 and 1907; mayor of Newberry in 1910; Governor of South Carolina 1911-1915; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1925, to March 3, 1931; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1934 and 1938; elected a member of the State unemployment compensation commission for a four-year term beginning in 1941; died in Columbia, S.C., January 19, 1942; interment in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, S.C.Source:
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present.
Contributed by A. Newell
Blease, Coleman Livingston, governor of the state of South
Carolina, was born in October, 1856,
Blease, Cole L., lawyer,
statesman, was born in October, 1868, in Newberry County, S.C. He received
his collegiate education at Newberry College; and graduated from the
Georgetown law school at Washington, D.C. In 1894-1900 he served three
terms as a representative in the South Carolina state legislature; and was
twice elected speaker pro tem. He has been county chairman; a member of
nearly all the state conventions; and for the past ten years has been a
member of the state democratic executive committee. He has also served
three terms as city attorney of Newberry; and is a prominent member of the
improved order of red men; independent order odd fellows; knights of
pythias; and woodmen of the world. In 1905-09 he was a member of the South
Carolina state senate; and was the president pro tem of that
body.
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in Newberry
County, S. C. He received his collegiate education at Newberry College;
and graduated from the Georgetown Law School at Washington, D. C. In
1894-1900 he served three terms as a representative in the South Carolina
State Legislature; and was twice elected speaker pro tem. He has been
county chairman; a member of nearly all the state conventions; and for the
past ten years has been a member of the State Democratic Executive
Committee. He has also served three terms as city attorney of Newberry;
and is a prominent member of the Improved Order of Red Men; Independent
Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; and Woodmen of the World. In
1905-09 he was member of the South Carolina State Senate; and was the
president pro tem of that body. He was elected governor of South Carolina
for the second term of 1913-15; and resides in Columbia, S. C.
