C. Kenneth Powell
American politician
About C. Kenneth Powell
Lived 1939 – 2019 (aged 80). C. Kenneth Powell was an American.
C. Kenneth Powell (August 11, 1939 – October 13, 2019) was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1971 to 1974.
C. Kenneth Powell was active in the SCGOP, where he first worked on Floyd Spence's 1962 campaign for Congress as a Republican. He ran several times for elective office and became chair of the Richland County Republican Party in 1970. Powell served the S.C. Republican Party as its chair from 1971 to 1974. The election of 1974 was a landmark year for the Party with the victory of James B. Edwards, the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.
Powell died on October 13, 2019, at the age of 80.
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Who was C. Kenneth Powell?
American politician (1939–2019)
When was C. Kenneth Powell born?
C. Kenneth Powell was born on 11 August 1939.
When did C. Kenneth Powell die?
C. Kenneth Powell died on 13 October 2019.
What nationality was C. Kenneth Powell?
C. Kenneth Powell was American.
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