James Strom Thurmond Jr.
Strom Thurmond Jr. | |
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Thurmond in 1984 | |
| Solicitor for the Second Judicial Circuit of South Carolina | |
| In office January 3, 2009 – November 9, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Barbara R. Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Bill Weeks |
| United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina | |
| In office November 2001 – January 20, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | J. René Josey |
| Succeeded by | Reginald I. Lloyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Strom Thurmond Jr. October 18, 1972 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Heather Thurmond |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Strom Thurmond Nancy Moore Thurmond |
| Relatives | Paul Thurmond (brother) Essie Mae Washington-Williams (half-sister) |
| Education | University of South Carolina, Columbia (BA, JD) |
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James Strom Thurmond Jr. (born October 18, 1972) is a former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and 2nd Circuit Solicitor. He is one of four children born to long-serving United States Senator Strom Thurmond and Nancy (Moore) Thurmond. His younger brother, Paul, is a former member of the South Carolina Senate. Thurmond graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1995 and University of South Carolina School of Law in 1998. He has been Strom Thurmond's oldest living child since the deaths of his sister Nancy in 1993 and his half-sister Essie in 2013.