Episode 195 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too ( Part 5) The Early Years (C) : The South Carolina Legislature, Canada, and Senator Dick Elliott

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In this episode , we look back at John Jenrette's fateful decision to run for the South Carolina State House. He was living in North Myrtle Beach and struggling as a Lawyer. In that day lawyers could not advertise and John Jenrette was trying to figure out a way to get his name out to the public. He was, he said, tired of getting paid in collard greens.

It was a decision that would change his life forever. He won. That lifted him to position of Chairman of the Horry County State House delegation. He was 28 years old and the system of that day was entirely different than what…