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'''James Byrnes''' was a politician from [[South Carolina]]. During his career he served at every branch of the [[federal government]] - the [[executive branch]] (as [[Secretary of State]]), the [[legislative branch]] (in both houses of [[Congress]]) and the [[judicial branch]] as a [[Supreme Court]] Associate Justice.

'''James Byrnes''' was a politician from [[South Carolina]]. During his career he served at every branch of the [[federal government]] - the [[executive branch]] (as [[Secretary of State]]), the [[legislative branch]] (in both houses of [[Congress]]) and the [[judicial branch]] as a [[Supreme Court]] Associate Justice.

Brynes was a confidant of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]; he resigned from the Court to become director of the [[Office of War Mobilization]] in 1943 and later [[Secretary of State]] under [[President Truman]]. Byrnes was involved in the decision to drop a [[nuclear bomb]] on [[Hiroshima]].

Brynes was a confidant of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]; he resigned from the Court to become director of the Office of War Mobilization in 1943 and later [[Secretary of State]] under [[President Truman]]. Byrnes was involved in the decision to drop a [[nuclear bomb]] on [[Hiroshima]].

Byrnes was an influential South Carolina politician and avowed [[segregation]]ist who held high-level positions in state and federal government for more than four decades. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for more than two decades, Byrnes personally blocked a Senate investigation of a South Carolina [[lynching]] and opposed [[Republican]] anti-lynching legislation, insisting that "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."

Byrnes was an influential South Carolina politician and avowed [[segregation]]ist who held high-level positions in state and federal government for more than four decades. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for more than two decades, Byrnes personally blocked a Senate investigation of a South Carolina [[lynching]] and opposed [[Republican]] anti-lynching legislation, insisting that "[[rape]] is responsible, directly and indirectly, for most of the lynching in America."

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