Researching Jim Rex
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 476 people with the Rex surname? In that year Rex was ranked number 3103 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Rex on Ancestry
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| Did you know that there are currently 712 people with the Rex surname in the UK? Rex is now ranked number 3370 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Rex surname in the USA? Rex is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Jim Rex
Jim Rex (born November 21, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio) was the 16th South Carolina Superintendent of Education. He ran for the position in 2006 as a Democrat, against Karen Floyd, a Republican. Rex defeated Floyd by only 455 votes, the closest margin of victory in a statewide election in South Carolina's history. He was sworn in as superintendent on January 10, 2007, replacing fellow Democrat Inez Tenenbaum. In 2014, Rex co-founded a new political party – the American Party of South Carolina.
As of 2021, he is the last Democrat to have been popularly elected to a statewide office in South Carolina. While Yancey McGill briefly held the office of Lieutenant Governor for 7 months in 2014, he was elected by the state senators.
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