Front page of The State after Campbell's death.

Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. (July 24, 1940 – December 7, 2005) was a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (425x625, 80 KB) Summary Front page of The State after the death of Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (425x625, 80 KB) Summary Front page of The State after the death of Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. ... This article is about the South Carolina newspaper; The State is also the name of a 1990s television series and an album by Nickelback. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is a political party and is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... A list of South Carolina Governors. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Upon Campbell's death, David Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, described him as "the master architect" of the South Carolina Republican Party's speedy rise to dominance.^[1] David H. Wilkins David Horton Wilkins (born October 12, 1946) is a former South Carolina politician and an American diplomat. ... The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. ...

Early life

He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the oldest of six children. His father, Carroll Campbell Sr. worked in the textile mills and the furniture business, and later owned a motel in Garden City, South Carolina. Greenville is the county seat and largest city located in Greenville County6 South Carolina. ... The word motel originates from the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, first built in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. ... Garden City is a census-designated place located in Horry County, South Carolina. ...

He grew up in Greenville, and the nearby small towns of Liberty and Simpsonville. He attended Greenville Senior High School, dropping out during a period that The Greenville News characterized as an "unsettled adolescence amid a disintegrating family" ^[2]; his uncle then enrolled him at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended the University of South Carolina, but did not graduate due to financial problems.^[3] Liberty is a town located in Pickens County, South Carolina. ... Simpsonville is a city located in Greenville County, South Carolina. ... The Greenville News is an Upstate South Carolina newspaper based in Greenville, SC. // History The Greenville News started off as a four page publication in 1874. ... The McCallie School is an all-male college preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... City nickname: Scenic City (official), River City, Chatty, ChatTown, Chattavegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Ron Littlefield Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 370. ... The University of South Carolina (also known as USC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, coeducational, research university. ...

Early political career

He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1970 to 1974. With Lee Atwater as a key political strategist, he made an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor in 1974, losing to Democrat Brantley Harvey; despite the loss Campbell would continue to seek Atwater's counsel throughout his career. The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Harvey Leroy Lee Atwater Harvey Leroy Lee Atwater (February 26, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American Republican political consultant and strategist. ...

From 1976 to 1978, he served in the South Carolina Senate. In between his two stints in the General Assembly, he served as Executive Assistant to Governor James B. Edwards. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly. ... The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the legislative branch of South Carolina and consists of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate. ... James Burrows Edwards (born June 24, 1927) is an American politician and administrator. ...

From 1979 until his election as Governor, he served in the United States House of Representatives, where he was the first Republican to represent South Carolina's 4th Congressional District since Reconstruction. The election was rather controversal, as Campbell's campaign denouncing Max Heller's jewish immigrant status. The campaign was also accused of pushing a mechanic to run as a third party, who said that he couldn't let someone who didn't accept Jesus as their personal savior win the seat. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... These are tables of congressional delegations from South Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ... In the history of the United States, Reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the southern states of the breakaway Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America. ...

He served as state campaign chairman for Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign in 1980 and 1984, and as southern regional chairman for George H. W. Bush's presidential campaign in 1988. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... The election was held on November 8, 1988. ...

Governor

As Governor, he coordinated the state's response to Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Campbell was also known for his role in luring BMW to built its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Greer, South Carolina. In recognition of his role, in 2002 it was announced that BMW had donated $10 million for a facility at the site of Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research.^[4] Like nearly all such large donations, it came with naming rights: the company chose to call the new facility the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center. Hugo was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck Puerto Rico, St. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Greer is a suburb of Greenville and Spartanburg located in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in South Carolina. ... Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina, was founded in 1889, a legacy of Thomas Green Clemson, who willed his Fort Hill plantation home, its surrounding farmlands and forest, and other property to the State of South Carolina to establish a technical and scientific institution for South Carolina. ... Naming rights as contemplated in this article are the right to name a piece of property, either a tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for valuable consideration such as money. ...

When Campbell was govenor the state was confronted with two major controversies shaking taxpayer's confidence in the trustworthiness of public officials. Allegations of financial mismanagement at the University of South Carolina led to university president James B. Holderman's resignation. Operation Lost Trust, a federal investigation of bribery and drug use allegations against members of the South Carolina legislature, led to convictions of 27 legislators, lobbyists and others in a vote-buying scandal.^[5]

During 1993-1994, he served as Chairman of the National Governors Association. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The National Governors Association (NGA) is an organization of the governors of the fifty U.S. states and five U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). ...

Term limits prevented him from seeking a third term in 1994. He left office with an unprecedented job approval rating of 72%. A term limit is a provision of a constitution, statute or bylaw which limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Subsequent career

From 1995 to 2001, he was a Washington, D.C. lobbyist, serving as President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

In 1996, he briefly considered running for President of the United States, but concluded that the fundraising hurdles were too high. He was later mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for Bob Dole^[6], but was ultimately passed over in favor of Jack Kemp. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is best known as a former Republican United States Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Kansas from 1969-1996. ... Jack French Kemp, Jr. ...

Personal life

Cambell eloped with Iris Faye Rhodes in 1959^[7]. They had two sons, Carroll Campbell III. and Mike Campbell, the latter of whom is a candidate for South Carolina lieutenant governor in 2006. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In October 2001, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the relatively young age of 61. As a result of his diagnosis, he was forced to abandon plans to run for Governor again in 2002. He was admitted to a long-term residential treatment facilty for Alzheimer's patients in August 2005. He died of a heart attack on December 7, 2005 at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina. After lying in state at the State House, he is expected to be buried in the church cemetery of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... West Columbia is a city located in Lexington County, South Carolina. ... Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ... Pawleys Island is both an Atlantic coast barrier island and an incorporatated town in Georgetown County, South Carolina. ...

References

• ^  Former Gov. Carroll Campbell dead at 65, from The Greenville News
• ^  Tougher ethics laws needed for public officials, a 2002 column from South Carolina Statehouse Report
• ^  The Once and Future King?, from a June 2000 column in National Review
• ^  The Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center at Clemson University

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External links and general sources

• Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Former S.C. governor has Alzheimer's, an October 2001 USA Today article
• It's been a really bad day, a December 7, 2005 blog entry from Campbell's former Chief of Staff