Powell, C. Kenneth.

C. Kenneth Powell (b. 1939) was active in the establishment of the modern Republican Party in South Carolina, beginning with his work on Floyd Spence's landmark 1962 campaign for Congress as a Republican; a native of Greenwood, S.C., Powell attended Clemson University (B.S. 1961) and the USC School of Law.

Powell ran several times for elective office and became chair of the Richland County Republican Party in 1970, organizing the Party's first primary in the county. Powell served the S.C. Republican Party as its chair at a critical time in its development, 1971 to 1974, that included the 1974 election of James B. Edwards, the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction. Powell later served as chairman of the Governor's Alcoholic Beverage Control Task Force, where in 1978 he produced a 53-page report listing statistics re drinking and alcoholism in S.C.

From the description of C. Kenneth Powell papers, 1964-1982. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 68002063