predecessor successor death_date children party office birth_date term_start alma_mater birthname spouse article_title term_end name occupation death_cause
robert foster chapman harry s. dent , sr. 1982 jenny republican chairman of the south carolina republican party 1925 1963 university of south carolina j. drake edens ferrell mccracken edens drake edens
 1965 drake edens engineer , motivational speaker drowning
drake edens

j. drake edens , jr. -lrb- 1925 -- 1982 -rrb- , is recognized by many as the father of the modern south carolina republican party .
