B. R. Skelton | |
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Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 3rd district | |
In office November 2002 –November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Byron K. Webb |
Succeeded by | Gary Clary |
Personal details | |
Born | Billy Ray Skelton January 21,1933 Westminster,South Carolina |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Vickie Lynn Roach (m. 1990) |
Children | 2 sons,2 daughters |
Residence | Six Mile,South Carolina |
Occupation | businessman,transfer &storage company |
Billy Ray Skelton (born January 21,1933),known as B. R. Skelton,is a former Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Skelton is an alumnus of Clemson,receiving his B.S. and M.S.,there in 1956 and 1958 respectively. He received his Ph.D at Duke University in 1964.
Skelton is a retired professor of economics at Clemson University. He also worked as a residential contractor,and real estate broker [1]
Prior to his election to the South Carolina House,Skelton served on various committees and commissions for Pickens County.
He represented the 3rd District from 2002 to 2014.
In 2018,Skelton was recognized with concurrent resolution of both houses of the South Carolina Legislature naming the intersection of U.S. Highway 123 and S.C. Highway 93 in Clemson the “Dr. B.R. Skelton Interchange.” [2]
Pickens County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census,its population was 131,404. Its county seat is Pickens. The county was created in 1826. It is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County,South Carolina,United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census,making it the 16th-most populous city in South Carolina. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 975,480 in 2023. It is included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson,SC Combined Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. It is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 miles (190 km) from Atlanta and 140 miles (230 km) from Charlotte. Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that make up the Upstate region,and is nicknamed the "Electric City" and the "Friendliest City in South Carolina".
Central is a town in Pickens County,South Carolina,United States. As of the 2010 census,the population was 5,159,roughly 3,000 of whom were considered permanent residents. Contrary to its name,it is not near South Carolina's center. It received its name from being halfway or the central point between Atlanta and Charlotte along the former Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway line. Southern Wesleyan University's main campus is east of downtown Central.
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Andrew Pickens Jr. was an American soldier and politician. He served as the 46th Governor of South Carolina from 1816 until 1818.
Andrew Pickens was a militia leader in the American Revolution. A planter and slaveowner,he developed his Hopewell plantation on the east side of the Keowee River across from the Cherokee town of Isunigu (Seneca) in western South Carolina. He was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives from western South Carolina. Several treaties with the Cherokee were negotiated and signed at his plantation of Hopewell.
U.S. Route 123 is a spur of US 23 in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina. The U.S. Highway runs 75.12 miles (120.89 km) from US 23,US 441,SR 15 and SR 365 near Clarkesville,Georgia,north and east to Interstate 385 Business in Greenville,South Carolina. US 123 parallels I-85 to the north as it connects the Northeast Georgia cities of Clarkesville and Toccoa with the western Upstate South Carolina communities of Westminster,Seneca,Clemson,Easley,and Greenville.
U.S. Highway 178 is a spur of U.S. Highway 78. It currently runs for 240.49 miles (387.03 km) from Dorchester,South Carolina,at U.S. Highway 78 to Rosman,North Carolina,at U.S. Highway 64. It passes through the states of South Carolina and North Carolina. It goes through the cities of Pickens,Anderson,North,Orangeburg,Harleyville,South Carolina and Bowman,South Carolina.
Fort Hill,also known as the John C. Calhoun House and Library,is a National Historic Landmark on the Clemson University campus in Clemson,South Carolina,United States.
South Carolina Highway 93 (SC 93) is a 19.760-mile (31.801 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels from U.S. Route 76 (US 76) and SC 28 in Clemson northeast to US 123 in Easley.
South Carolina Highway 8 (SC 8) is a 44.030-mile (70.859 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It travels from U.S. Route 276 (US 276) in northern Greenville County to US 25 and SC 418 in Ware Place. It travels physically north and south though it is signed as a west–east highway with its western terminus at US 276 and its eastern terminus at US 25/SC 418.
Old Stone Church is a church building built in 1802. When it was constructed,it was in the Pendleton District,South Carolina. When Pendleton District was divided in 1826,the church was in Pickens District. When Pickens District was split in 1868,it was in Oconee County,South Carolina. In 1968,this section of Oconee County was annexed back to Pickens County. The church is about midway between the centers of Pendleton and Clemson. It is now in the city limits of Clemson.
Hanover House is a colonial house built by a French Huguenot family in 1714–1716,on the upper Cooper River in present-day Berkeley County of the South Carolina Low Country. The house is also known as the St. Julien-Ravenel House after its early owners.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. Since 1996,he has served S.C. Senate District 1as a Republican. Alexander served as an honorary chair of the 2023 Inauguration Committee for Governor Henry McMaster.
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