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Coleman Livingston Blease

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American politician (1868-1942)

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Coleman Livingston Blease was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 90th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1931. Blease was the political heir of Benjamin Tillman.

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A child laborer in a textile mill in Newberry, S.C., the home town of Blease.A child laborer in a textile mill in Newberry, S.C., the home town of Blease.Blease in 1912Blease in 1912A photograph of Blease when he was in the U.S. Senate.A photograph of Blease when he was in the U.S. Senate.

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Coleman Livingston Blease was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 90th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1931. Blease was the political heir of Benjamin Tillman. He led a political revolution in South Carolina by building a political base of white textile mill workers from the state's upcountry region. He was a staunch white supremacist and frequently used inflammatory rhetoric to appeal to racial animosities among white voters.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1868 to 1942 · aged 73
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