James Robert Mann

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James Robert Mann (April 27, 1920 – December 20, 2010) was a soldier, lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.

Early life and career

Mann was born in Greenville to Alfred Cleo Mann (1889–1956) and Nina Mae (Griffin) Mann and he graduated from Greenville High School in 1937. He then went to Charleston to receive his bachelor's degree at The Citadel in 1941. With the outbreak of World War II, Mann enlisted in the U.S. Army and served on active duty until 1946, when he became a reservist with the rank of colonel. After the war, Mann enrolled at the University of South Carolina School of Law and graduated magna cum laude in 1947 as a member of the Euphradian Society. He was admitted to the state bar the same year and established a private practice in Greenville.

Political career

In 1948, Mann was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and he served for two terms until Governor James F. Byrnes appointed him as the circuit solicitor for the 13th judicial circuit of South Carolina. He was re-elected twice to that post and served until 1962. Afterwards, he became the secretary for the Greenville County Planning Commission and a trustee of the Greenville Hospital System. In 1968, Mann won election to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat to represent the 4th congressional district. While in the House, Mann was a member of the Judiciary Committee that voted to recommend the impeachment of President Nixon. Mann did not seek re-election in 1978 and left Congress to resume his law practice in Greenville.

Accomplishments

Mann was a recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest civilian award.

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Congressman. Mann was born in Greenville on April 27, 1920, the son of Alfred Clio Mann and Nina Mae Griffin. His father was an attorney and mayor of Greenville. Mann attended the Greenville city schools and graduated with an A.B. degree from the Citadel in 1941. He entered the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant on July 24, 1941, and served forty-six months overseas during World War II. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before his discharge on March 1, 1946. He married Virginia Thomason Brunson of Charleston on January 15, 1945. They have two children.

After World War II, Mann entered the University of South Carolina Law School, where he edited the South Carolina Law Review and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated magna cum laude in 1947 and began to practice law with the firm of Mann, Arnold, and Mann in Greenville. He was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1948 and served two terms (1949–1952). In 1953 he was appointed solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. He was elected to two terms, serving from 1953 to 1963, when he returned to the practice of law. He served as president of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce (1965).

Mann was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and served from 1969 to 1979. His most notable service was as a member of the Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of Richard Nixon. He crafted portions of the first and second Articles of Impeachment so as to make them acceptable to both Republicans and southern colleagues. On July 27, 1974, the committee voted (twenty-seven to eleven) in favor of impeachment.

In 1975, with the support of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, President Gerald Ford was prepared to nominate Mann to the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Mann declined the appointment, however, citing the lack of opportunity for service offered by the position. Leaving Congress in January 1979, Mann resumed his law practice in Greenville.