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| name=Albert William Watson, Sr.
| name=Albert William Watson, Sr.
| image=Albert Watson of SC.jpg
| image=Albert Watson of SC.png
| birth_date=August 30, 1922
| birth_date=August 30, 1922
| birth_place=Sumter, [[South Carolina]]
| birth_place=Sumter, [[South Carolina]]
'''Albert William Watson''' (August 30, 1922 – September 25, 1994) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] who served two stints each as a state representative and a [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[South Carolina]]. He is best known for his losing 1970 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign against the successful Democrat Lieutenant Governor [[John C. West]].<ref name=findagrave>Albert William Watson Sr. (1922-1994) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 25, 2021.</ref>
'''Albert William Watson''' (August 30, 1922 – September 25, 1994) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] who served two stints each as a state representative and a [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[South Carolina]]. He is best known for his losing 1970 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign against the successful Democrat Lieutenant Governor [[John C. West]].<ref name=findagrave>Albert William Watson Sr. (1922-1994) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 25, 2021.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
During [[World War II]], Watson served as a weather specialist in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps. After military service, he established his law practice in Columbia. In 1954, he was elected state representative for Richland County, a seat that he filled from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1961 to 1962.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000197|title=Watson, Albert William|publisher=''Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1775-1971'' ([[Washington, D.C.]]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971)|page=1888|accessdate=September 25, 2021}}</ref>
During [[World War II]], Watson served as a weather specialist in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps. After military service, he established his law practice in Columbia. In 1954, he was elected state representative for Richland County, a seat that he filled from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1961 to 1962.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000197|title=Watson, Albert William|publisher=''Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1775-1971'' ([[Washington, D.C.]]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971)|page=1888|accessdate=September 25, 2021}}</ref>
In 1958, Watson lost the Democratic [[primary]] for state lieutenant governor to Burnet Maybank, Jr. (1924-2016) of [[Charleston]], son of former [[United States Senator]] Burnet Rhett Maybank, Sr. (1899-1954).<ref>Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 25, 2021.,/ref> In 1961, Watson returned to the state House for a final two-year term.<ref name=bioguide/>
In 1958, Watson lost the Democratic [[primary]] for state lieutenant governor to Burnet Maybank, Jr. (1924-2016) of [[Charleston]], son of former [[United States Senator]] Burnet Rhett Maybank, Sr. (1899-1954).<ref>Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 25, 2021.</ref> In 1961, Watson returned to the state House for a final two-year term.<ref name=bioguide/>
In 1948, Watson married the former Lillian Audrey Williams (born 1926), and the couple had three children, Albert Watson, Jr. (born 1953), Kimberly C. Watson, and Clark P. Watson. Himself a [[Southern Baptist]] deacon,<ref name=bioguide/><ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' November 30, 1969.</ref> Watson had a twin brother, Allan R. Watson (1922-2001), a minister in that denomination who served as the pastor of churches in [[Florida]] and [[Alabama]] and preached at the [[White House]] in September 1969 at the invitation of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/2860,30-Sep-1969.pdf|title="Alabama Southern Baptist Preaches at White House," September 30, 1969|publisher=media.sbhla.org|accessdate=December 20, 2011}}</ref>A second brother, Claude Watson, Jr., of Columbia, died in 2003.
In 1948, Watson married the former Lillian Audrey Williams (born 1926), and the couple had three children, Albert Watson, Jr. (born 1953), Kimberly C. Watson, and Clark P. Watson. Himself a [[Southern Baptist]] deacon,<ref name=bioguide/><ref>''[[The New York Times]],'' November 30, 1969.</ref> Watson had a twin brother, Allan R. Watson (1922-2001), a minister in that denomination who served as the pastor of churches in [[Florida]] and [[Alabama]] and preached at the [[White House]] in September 1969 at the invitation of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/2860,30-Sep-1969.pdf|title="Alabama Southern Baptist Preaches at White House," September 30, 1969|publisher=media.sbhla.org|accessdate=December 20, 2011}}</ref>A second brother, Claude Watson, Jr., of Columbia, died in 2003.