 albert william watson (august 30, 1922 &ndash; september 25, 1994) was a democrat-turned-republican state and u.s. representative best known for his losing 1970 campaign for governor of south carolina. ==background== watson was born to mr. and mrs. claude watson, sr., in sumter in central south carolina but was reared in the state capital of columbia in lexington county, where he attended public schools. he subsequently enrolled at the former north greenville junior college in greenville, south carolina. during world war ii, watson served as a weather specialist in the united states army air corps, the forerunner of the air force. in 1950, he graduated from the university of south carolina school of law and thereafter opened his legal practice in columbia. in 1954, he was elected from [[richland county, south carolina|ri
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