Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943)
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N 34° 38.630 W 079° 35.194
17S E 629539 N 3834455
Roadside marker touting this local son, he served our country in various capacities.
Waymark Code: WMTEMJ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2016
Views: 3
Marker ID: SCHM 35-11
Location: SE side of us 15-401 at Road 22, Tatum
County: Marlboro
Text:
This cabinet member and diplomat was born two miles south of here. He graduated from Trinity College in 1888 and later became head of Marlboro High School, near here. He was Franklin D. Roosevelt´s first secretary of commerce from 1933 to 1938 and U.S. minister to Canada, 1939. He was author of Fifty Years of Public Life.
Erected by Marlboro County Historic Preservation Commission - 1972
Marker Name: Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943)
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: SCHM 35-11
County: Marlboro
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