Summers, Eliza AnnEducator. Summers was born on January 17, 1844, at Spruce Bank Farm near Woodbury, Connecticut. She was the youngest daughter…
Sumter, ThomasSoldier, congressman, U.S. senator. Sumter was born on August 14, 1734, in Hanover County, Virginia. His father, William, was a…
Swamp Angel“Swamp Angel” was the nickname given to a 16,500-pound rifled Parrott cannon with an eight-inch bore that briefly shelled the…
Swearingen, John EldredIn 1908 Swearingen was elected state superintendent of education, a position he would hold unopposed for fourteen years. He was quick to state that he was not political but was interested in education and saw the position as an opportunity to serve the state.
Swearingen, John Eldred, Jr.From 1934 to 1938 Swearingen attended the University of South Carolina. Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1938, he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
Talvande, Madame Rose and Madame Ann Marsan (Mason) TalvandeEducators. Between approximately 1816 and 1850, Madame Talvande’s Ladies Boarding School in Charleston educated the daughters of the elite families…
Taylor, Anna HeywardArtist. Born in Columbia on November 13, 1879, Taylor was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Taylor and Marianna Heyward, both…
Taylor, JohnCongressman, governor, U.S. senator. Born near Granby on May 4, 1770, Taylor was the eldest son of the upcountry planter…
Taylor, Susie KingNurse, teacher. Born into slavery as Susan Baker near Savannah, Georgia, Taylor became free at the age of fourteen when…
TelevisionSnowy black-and-white television pictures first flickered into South Carolina on a regular basis on July 15, 1949, when WBTV Channel…
Test Oath ControversyA dispute between supporters and opponents of nullification over state loyalty oaths, the Test Oath Controversy erupted into violence as…
Textile Hall(Greenville). Greenville and Spartanburg were still vying for dominance of South Carolina’s textile industry when local representatives of northern textile…
Textile Workers Organizing CommitteeThe Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) was formed as part of the attempt by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)…
The CitadelLike other southern states, South Carolina believed that a military education would instill education, discipline, character, and patriotic devotion in its young men.
Theus, JeremiahPortrait painter. Born on April 5, 1716, in Chur, Switzerland, Theus immigrated to Orangeburg Township, Carolina, in 1735 with other…
Thompson, Dorothy PerryPoet, scholar, educator. Born Dorothy Perry in Springfield, South Carolina, in 1944, Thompson grew up with five siblings in the…
Thompson, Hugh SmithEducator, governor. Father of South Carolina’s modern public school system and the only professional educator to serve as governor, Thompson…
Thompson, Waddy, Jr.Congressman, diplomat. Thompson was born in Pickensville on January 8, 1798, the son of Waddy Thompson, Sr., and Eliza Blackburn.…
Thornwell, James HenleyTheologian, college president. Thornwell was born on December 9, 1812, in Marlboro District, the son of James Thornwell, a plantation…
Thurmond, James StromU.S. senator, governor. Thurmond was born in Edgefield on December 5, 1902, to John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude Strom.…
