“M” is for Maybank, Burnet Rhett (1899-1954). Mayor of Charleston, governor, U.S. senator. A native Charlestonian, Maybank graduated from the College of Charleston and became a successful cotton broker. In 1931, a committee of prominent businessmen asked Maybank (then a city alderman) to run for mayor. He won a landslide victory and served six years as mayor. He became a protégé of U.S. Senator James F. Byrnes and an active New Dealer. In 1938 Maybank won the governorship in a controversial election. When Byrnes resigned from the Senate, Maybank won the special election to fill the vacancy. Subsequently, he faced no primary opposition in his campaigns for re-election. In the Senate, as chairman of the Banking Committee, Burnet Rhett Maybank exercised a quiet but potent influence in national affairs and helped shape the post-World War II economy.
"M” is for Maybank, Burnet Rhett (1899-1954)
