Figg, Robert McC.

Attorney, politician, and educator; b. Robert McCormick Figg, Jr., Radford, Va., 1901; A.B., College of Charleston, 1920; Columbia University School of Law, 1920-1922; admitted to South Carolina Bar, 1922; m. Sallie Alexander Tobias, 1927; South Carolina House of Representatives, 1933-1934; solicitor, Ninth Judicial District of South Carolina, 1935-1947; legal counsel, Charleston County Board of Education, 1935-1959, State Ports Authority, 1942-1972, and Charleston County Council, 1949-1959.

Other positions held include political advisor and speech writer for Strom Thurmond's presidential bid, 1948; dean and professor of law, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1959-1970; president, South Carolina Bar Association, 1971; d. 1991, Columbia, S.C.

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