James Byrnes
American politician
- Born: 1879-05-02 1882-05-02 (Charleston)
- Died: 1972-04-09 (Columbia)
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: diplomat; judge; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Democratic Party; Republican Party
- Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-08 through 1942-10-03; replaced by: Wiley Rutledge; replaces: James Clark McReynolds); Governor of South Carolina (period: 1951-01-16 through 1955-01-18; replaced by: George Bell Timmerman; replaces: Strom Thurmond; series ordinal: 104); United States Secretary of State (appointed by: Harry S Truman; period: 1945-07-03 through 1947-01-21; replaced by: George Marshall; replaces: Joseph Grew; series ordinal: 49); United States representative (period: 1911-03-04 through 1925-03-04); United States senator (elected in: 1930 United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1936 United States Senate election in South Carolina; electoral district: South Carolina Class 2 senate seat; end cause: resignation; parliamentary group: Democratic Party; parliamentary term: 72nd United States Congress, 73rd United States Congress, 74th United States Congress, 75th United States Congress, ..., 77th United States Congress; period: 1931-03-04 through 1933-03-04, 1933-03-04 through 1935-01-03, 1935-01-03 through 1937-01-03, 1937-01-03 through 1939-01-03, ..., 1941-01-03 through 1941-07-08; replaced by: Alva M. Lumpkin; replaces: Coleman Livingston Blease)
- Educated at: Clemson University
- Spouse: Maude Byrnes
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/18016169
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000122770848
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80167019
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80167019