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William Douglas Workman, Jr., known as W. D. Workman, Jr. (August 10, 1914 - November 23, 1990), was a journalist, author, and a pioneer in the development of the 20th century South Carolina Republican Party. He carried his party's banner as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1962 and for the governorship in 1982. He lost to the Democrats, Olin D. Johnston and Richard Riley, respectively. ==Background== Workman was born in Greenwood in Greenwood County in western South Carolina to W. D. Workman, Sr. (1889-1957), a veteran of the United States Army during World War I, known as "Major" Workman and thereafter an educator, lawyer and a real estate agent in Greenville in Greenville County. The senior Workman served on the staff of Democratic Governor Robert Archer Cooper. Workman's mother, the former Vivian Virginia Watkins (1889-1981), was the daughter of J. Newt Watkins and a niece of a U.S. District Court judge, H. H. Watkins. Workman had a sister, Vivian Virginia Workman.〔 Though sources say that Workman, Jr., was born in Greenwood, fifty-four miles south of Greenville, it appears that Workman, Sr., though born in Charleston lived after 1914 in Greenville. Therefore, it may be that Workman, Jr., was also born in Greenville, rather than Greenwood, or he may have been born in Greenwood and was moved to Greenville before he was a year old.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Douglas Workman, 1889-1957; A Register of His Papers, 1926-1956 )〕 In 1931, Workman graduated from Greenville High School in Greenville. Like his father and his son as well, the junior Workman graduated in 1935 from The Citadel in Charleston. He majored in English and History. He became not a lawyer, though he did briefly study at George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C., but a newspaper journalist and also managed local radio station WTMA AM in Charleston. In 1940, the U.S. Army called Workman to active duty. He became an intelligence officer, with domestic and then foreign duty in Great Britain, the North Africa, and the Pacific Theater of Operations. After his demobilization in 1945, Workman remained in the United States Army Reserves, from which he retired twenty years later with the rank of colonel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=W. D. Workman Papers )〕 After his World War II service, Workman returned to South Carolina to work for the ''Charleston News and Courier'' at $50 per week. He later moved to ''The State'' in the capital city of Columbia. Workman wrote columns and articles for ''Newsweek'' magazine, the Hall syndicate, and ''South Carolina Magazine''. He appeared regularly on radio and WIS, the NBC television outlet in Columbia, to deliver political commentary.〔 He engaged in public speaking, charging $25 plus expenses for his appearances during the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J. Russell Hawkins, Religion, Race, and Resistance: White Evangelicals and the Dilemma of Integration in South Carolina, 1950-1975 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W. D. Workman, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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