James Francis Byrnes State of Residency: South Carolina Appointment: Jul 2, 1945 Entry on Duty: Jul 3, 1945 Termination of Appointment: Jan 21, 1947 Presidency: Truman

As Secretary of State

• Accompanied President Truman to the Potsdam Conference in 1945

• United States member of the Council of Foreign Ministers at London in 1945 and at Paris and New York City in 1946

• Represented the United States at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946

Foreign Travels of Secretary of State James Byrnes

Foreign Relations of the United States:
1945 (vol. 1-9 supp. 1 & 2), 1946 (vol. 1-14), 1947 (vol. 1-8)

Profile
Born: May 2, 1879
Died: April 9, 1972
Married: Maude Perkins Busch
Education: attended public school
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions

• Official court reporter 1900-1908

• Solicitor for the Second Circuit of the State 1908-1910

• Representative from South Carolina 1911-1925

• Delegate to all the Democratic National Conventions from 1920 to 1940

• Senator from South Carolina 1911-1925

• Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1941-1942

• Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization 1942-1943

• Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion 1943-1945

• Accompanied President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference in 1945

• Governor of South Carolina 1951-1955

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