A vacancy on the Charleston County delegation arose in 1933 when Ben Scott Whaley resigned to join the staff of Senator James Francis Byrnes . Rivers won the special election by running against Charleston and campaigning on the slogan " Give the Northern End of the County Representation . " In 1934 , Rivers ran for re-election and received the most votes of any state House candidate on the Charleston County ticket , making him chairman of the county delegation . As a state Representative , Rivers served on the Judiciary and Education committees . He became the state president of the Young Democrats in 1935 and was a delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
1936 Democratic National Convention
L. Mendel Rivers