Background
Timmerman, George Bell was born on August 11, 1912 in Anderson, South Carolina. Son of George Bell and Mary Vandiver (Sullivan) Timmerman.
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Timmerman, George Bell was born on August 11, 1912 in Anderson, South Carolina. Son of George Bell and Mary Vandiver (Sullivan) Timmerman.
Student, The Citadel, 1930-1934; honorary Doctor of Laws, The Citadel, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, University South Carolina., 1937; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1970.
Timmerman enlisted in the United States Navy as an officer with the entry of the United States in World World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Returning to South Carolina after the war, Timmerman ran as a Democrat for Lieutenant Governor in 1946 on the same ticket as fellow veteran Strom Thurmond. He was elected for a term beginning in 1947 and re-elected in 1950 for another four-year term.
In the gubernatorial election of 1954, he faced nominal opposition in the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 105th Governor of South Carolina in 1955.
In 1956 he was the favorite son presidential candidate of South Carolina at the Democratic National Convention. After leaving the Governorship in 1959, Timmerman was appointed as a judge to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in 1967 and served until 1984.
He died 10 years later on November 29, 1994.
Deacon Baptist Church Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO, In World World War II commanded one of the first rocket launcher ships in the Pacific in the Okinawa Operation, having previously volunteered and served in the Naval Armed Guard as a commissioner naval officer. Member American Bar Association, South Carolina. Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Lexington Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Association Citadel Men (life), Citadel Inn of Court (bencher 1984-1994), Wig and Robe, Phi Delta Phi, Pi Kappa Phi, Blue Key.
Member Woodmen of the World.
Married Helen Miller DuPre, February 16, 1936.