Robert T. Ashmore

Robert Thomas Ashmore ( born February 22, 1904 in near Greenville, South Carolina, † October 5, 1989 in Greenvile, South Carolina ) was an American politician and represented the state of South Carolina as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Thomas Ashmore was born on February 22, 1904 on a farm near Greenville, South Carolina, where he later attended the public school. He graduated in 1927 at Furman University Law School in Greenville. There he worked during his studies as a farm laborer, retailers and as a postman in the country. He was admitted as an attorney in January 1928 and then opened a practice in Greenville.

From 1930 to 1934 he worked as a lawyer at the Greenville District Court. Subsequently, he was from 1936 to 1953 attorney of the thirteenth judicial district of South Carolina.

When the United States entered the Second World War, many officials gave their work as lawyers on and committed as Ashmore in December 1942 in the United States Army. He served until his release from active duty in May 1946 as a Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) of the United States Army Reserve at home and overseas. Then he was promoted to colonel ( Colonel) in 1955.

Policy

Ashmore was elected as a Democrat in the eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy that was created by the death of Joseph R. Bryson. After that, he was still reelected seven more times. His tenure came on June 2, 1953 to January 3, 1969. He decided in the 1968 election not once again to run for the Ninety-first Congress and returned to his old job back as a lawyer.

During his tenure in Congress, he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto, which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He was a member of the Committee South Carolina Appalachian Regional Planning and Development Commission (later South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments ) 1970-1989 and later its chairman from 1970 to 1972.

Robert Thomas Ashmore lived on his estate in Greenville, South Carolina until his death on October 5, 1989. He was buried in the White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in Greenville, South Carolina.