Duncan Clinch Heyward (June 24, 1864January 23, 1943) was the 88th

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from January 20, 1903, to January 15, 1907. Heyward was born in Richland County to Edward Barnwell Heyward and Catherine Maria Clinch after his parents moved from Colleton County to avoid the

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during the

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. His parents moved back to Colleton County after the war, but Heyward lived with his grandmother when his parents died shortly thereafter. He attended the private schools of Charleston and went on to graduate from

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, in 1885. Residing in

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, Heyward resumed the growing of rice on the part of the plantation he inherited from his parents. He became a member of the

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and served as a

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of a cavalry company in Colleton County. Announcing his candidacy in 1901 for the gubernatorial election of 1902, Heyward emerged as a frontrunner despite being a novice to politics. Ben Tillman did not have a favorite in the contest, but Heyward was an acceptable choice to him because Heyward favored the Dispensary. Heyward won in the runoff election against

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and became the 88th governor of South Carolina after running unopposed in the general election. He won a second term in

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and served as governor until his term expired in 1907. Speaking at the Southern Conference on Quarantine and Immigration in 1906 argued for a vision of the American South that subjugated blacks saying, "The white race is the predominant race and the Negro must understand once and for all that the bounds of the social and political questions will be determined by the white man alone and by the white man's code." After leaving office, Heyward was appointed by President

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in 1913 to be the Collector of Federal Internal Revenue Taxes for South Carolina. Heyward wrote the book "Seed from Madagascar" in 1937. The book provides insight to the details of rice planting in the South Carolina lowcountry, and chronicles the decline of the rice planting industry and the prominent Heyward family. Heyward died in

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, on January 23, 1943.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heyward, Duncan Clinch 1864 births 1943 deaths Washington and Lee University alumni Democratic Party governors of South Carolina University of South Carolina trustees People from Richland County, South Carolina People from Walterboro, South Carolina