James B. Edwards

James Edwards
Official portrait, 1981
3rd United States Secretary of Energy
In office January 23, 1981 – November 5, 1982
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Charles Duncan
Succeeded by	Donald Hodel
110th Governor of South Carolina
In office January 21, 1975 – January 10, 1979
Lieutenant	Brantley Harvey
Preceded by	John West
Succeeded by	Richard Riley
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Charleston County
In office 1973–1975
Personal details
Born	James Burrows Edwards (1927-06-24)June 24, 1927 Hawthorne, Florida, U.S.
Died	December 26, 2014(2014-12-26) (aged 87) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Ann Darlington (1951–2014)
Education	College of Charleston (BS) University of Louisville (DMD)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Unit	United States Maritime Service
Battles/wars	World War II

James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era in the 1870s. He later served as the U.S. secretary of energy under Ronald Reagan.