Who was McMaster in South Carolina history?

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Rom4ik [11]3 years ago

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McMaster was the first U.S. attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. His “Operation Jackpot” investigation into international drug smuggling produced over 100 convictions.

Hitman42 [59]3 years ago

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Henry McMaster was born in Columbia (United States) in May 1947. He is a lawyer and a member of the Republican Party. He is currently Governor of South Carolina.

He studied and graduated from the University of South Carolina from two different academic programs: History in 1969 and Law in 1973.
President Ronald Reagan appointed him United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina in 1981. In this post he investigated the issue of smuggling marijuana in South Carolina.
McMaster was the candidate for the Republican Party for the US Senate in 1986 and 1990, but he did not win since the majority of votes were obtained by the candidates of the Democratic Party.
In 1991, he was appointed member of the South Carolina Higher Education Commission. He also was president of the Republican Party of South Carolina from 1993 to 2002.
He was Attorney General of South Carolina. In his career, he wanted to be Governor in 2010 but he did not succeed. In 2011 he was at the Port of South Carolina.
In 2015 he was elected as Vice Governor of South Carolina.