Governor Fritz Hollings Name Burnet Maybank Preceded by Fritz Hollings Role Lawyer | Party Democratic Party Political party Democratic | |
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Born May 2, 1924 (age 100)
Charleston, South Carolina ( 1924-05-02 ) Spouse(s) Marion Mitchell Maybank Relations Burnet R. Maybank (father) Education The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, University of South Carolina | ||
Succeeded by Robert Evander McNair | ||
Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. (May 2, 1924 – October 25, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of South Carolina. He was the son of Governor of South Carolina and Senator Burnet Maybank. Maybank was educated at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina from 1941 to 1942, and served in World War II with the United States Army Air Forces. He later attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a LL.B. in 1950. He was also admitted to the South Carolina bar that same year and practiced law in Greenville, South Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. Maybank served as a Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1953 to 1958. He later served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina under governor Fritz Hollings from 1959 to 1963.
Later, Maybank switched to the Republican Party. He served on the Charleston County Council until his retirement. Maybank died on October 25, 2016 at the age of 92. He married Marion Mitchell on January 22, 1949 and has two children, Marion and Burnet Rhett III.