Andrew Bethea Explained

Andrew Jackson Bethea II
Order:68th
Lieutenant Governor
Governor:Richard Irvine Manning III
Term Start:January 19, 1915
Term End:January 21, 1919
Predecessor:Charles Aurelius Smith
Successor:Junius T. Liles
Birth Date:17 August 1879
Birth Place:Dillon County, South Carolina, US
Death Place:Orangeburg, South Carolina, US
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Nellie DeTreville
Signature:Signature of Andrew Jackson Bethea II (1879–1945).png

Andrew Jackson Bethea II (August 17, 1879 – December 28, 1945) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 68th lieutenant governor of South Carolina.[1]

Biography

Bethea was born in Dillon County, South Carolina and later moved to Columbia to work as an attorney, serving in South Carolina's seventh judicial circuit.[2] He married Nellie DeTreville Bethea. He was killed in an automobile accident in Orangeburg in 1945.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina 1730–2021 . scstatehouse.gov . South Carolina General Assembly . 14 May 2023.
  2. Official Congressional Directory . 70th Congress, 1st Session . 1921 . 67 . 1 . 113 . 14 May 2023.