AKA Floyd Davidson Spence

Born: 9-Apr-1928
Birthplace: Columbia, SC
Died: 16-Aug-2001
Location of death: Jackson, MS [1]
Cause of death: Complications of Surgery [2]
Remains: Buried, St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, SC

Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001

Military service: US Naval Reserve (1947-88); US Army (Korean War)

[2] After removal of a blood clot from his brain.

Wife: Lula (d. 1978, four sons)
Son: David
Son: Zack
Son: Benjamin
Son: Caldwell
Wife: Deborah Ellen Williams (m. 1988, four sons)

    High School: Lexington High School, Lexington, SC
    University: BA English, University of South Carolina (1952)
    Law School: LLB, University of South Carolina (1956)

    US Congressman, South Carolina 2nd (3-Jan-1971 to 16-Aug-2001, his death)
    South Carolina State Senate (1966-70, as Minority Leader, 1966-70)
    South Carolina State House of Representatives (1956-62)
    American Bar Association
    American Judicature Society
    American Legion
    Association of Trial Lawyers of America
    Farm Bureau
    Kappa Alpha Order
    Sons of Confederate Veterans
    South Carolina Bar 1956
    Veterans of Foreign Wars
    Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)
    Brain Surgery St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson, MS (9-Aug-2001)
    House Banking Scandal 12 overdrawn checks

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