Charles E. Daniel
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Charles Ezra Daniel (November 11, 1895 - September 13, 1964) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Elberton, Georgia, he moved with his family to Anderson, South Carolina in 1898. He attended the public schools, was a student at The Citadel (Charleston) from 1916 to 1918 and during the First World War served as a lieutenant in the infantry from 1917 to 1919. He was a businessman with interests in construction, banking, building supplies, telecommunications, insurance, and airlines, and was a life trustee of Clemson College and a member of the board of South Carolina Foundation of Independent Colleges.
Daniel was appointed, on September 6, 1954, as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Burnet R. Maybank, and served from September 6, 1954, until his resignation December 23, 1954; he was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy. He resumed management of his business interests and in 1964 died in Greenville; interment was in Springwood Cemetery.
| Preceded by Burnet R. Maybank |
United States Senator (Class 2) from South Carolina September 5, 1956 – December 23, 1956 Served alongside: Olin D. Johnston |
Succeeded by Strom Thurmond |
