Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

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American politician human statesman

James F. Byrnes was a prominent American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman and played a key role in shaping early Cold War foreign policy.

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Label	Occurrences
James F. Byrnes	15
James Francis Byrnes	1
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
appointedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
burialPlace	Trinity Episcopal Cathedral churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1882-05-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1972-04-09 ⓘ
familyName	Byrnes ⓘ
fullName	Secretary of State James F. Byrnes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Francis Byrnes
givenName	James ⓘ
heldPosition	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Governor of South Carolina ⓘ U.S. Representative from South Carolina ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ Office of War Mobilization ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of War Mobilization United States Senator from South Carolina ⓘ
knownFor	influence on Truman administration foreign policy ⓘ transition from New Deal domestic politics to Cold War diplomacy ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
nominatedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
notableWork	involvement in post–World War II European settlement ⓘ participation in Potsdam Conference ⓘ role in early Cold War foreign policy ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath	Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
positionEnd	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1942-10-03 ⓘ Governor of South Carolina, 1955-01-18 ⓘ United States Secretary of State, 1947-01-21 ⓘ United States Senator from South Carolina, 1941-07-08 ⓘ
positionStart	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1941-07-08 ⓘ Governor of South Carolina, 1951-01-16 ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of State, 1945-07-03 United States Senator from South Carolina, 1931-03-04 ⓘ
precededInOffice	Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as United States Secretary of State ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented	South Carolina ⓘ
residence	Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
servedInAdministrationOf	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
stateOfOffice	South Carolina ⓘ
succeededInOffice	George C. Marshall as United States Secretary of State ⓘ
wasMemberOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ