C. Kenneth Powell

C. Kenneth Powell
Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party
In office 1971–1974
Preceded by	Raymond A. Harris
Succeeded by	Dr. George G. Graham
Personal details
Born	Charles Kenneth Powell August 11, 1939
Political party	Republican

C. Kenneth Powell (born August 8, 1939) was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1971-1974.^[1]

C. Kenneth Powell was active in the SCGOP, where he first worked on Floyd Spence's 1962 campaign for Congress as a Republican. He ran several times for elective office and became chair of the Richland County Republican Party in 1970. Powell served the S.C. Republican Party as its chair from 1971 to 1974. The election of 1974 was a landmark year for the Party with the victory of James B. Edwards, the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.

References

1. "C. Kenneth Powell" (PDF). University of South Carolina.