At the age of eighteen , White was an alternate delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , Florida , which re-nominated the Nixon-Agnew ticket . In 1988 , at the age of thirty-four , White was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for South Carolina 's 4th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives . His campaign was determined and well-financed , and backed by Governor Carroll A. Campbell , Jr. , who formerly held the House seat himself . He lost narrowly to the Democratic incumbent Liz J. Patterson , the daughter of former U.S. Senator Olin D. Johnston . This came even as George H. W. Bush carried the 4th by a large margin
1972 Republican National Convention
1972 Republican National Convention
Knox H. White