Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p R. Goodwyn Rhett was the fiftieth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, completing two terms from 1903 to 1911. He served as an alderman from 1895 to 1903. He was elected on December 8, 1903, for the first term and then re-elected on December 8, 1907. Rhett was the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in 1916–1918 and served as the chairman of the South Carolina highway commission in 1920–1926.Rhett was born in 1862 to Albert Moore Rhett and Martha Goodwyn and died on April 16, 1939. He is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.He played baseball while at the University of Virginia, and upon his return, was the first pitcher known to throw a curve ball in South Carolina. He started practicing law in 1884 in Charleston and then became a bank president in 1896. Among his accomplishments in office as mayor was the expansion of the peninsula through landfill along the southwest edge of the peninsula. A portrait of Rhett was dedicated during his final meeting of city council.. }
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- R._Goodwyn_Rhett abstract "R. Goodwyn Rhett was the fiftieth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, completing two terms from 1903 to 1911. He served as an alderman from 1895 to 1903. He was elected on December 8, 1903, for the first term and then re-elected on December 8, 1907. Rhett was the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in 1916–1918 and served as the chairman of the South Carolina highway commission in 1920–1926.Rhett was born in 1862 to Albert Moore Rhett and Martha Goodwyn and died on April 16, 1939. He is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.He played baseball while at the University of Virginia, and upon his return, was the first pitcher known to throw a curve ball in South Carolina. He started practicing law in 1884 in Charleston and then became a bank president in 1896. Among his accomplishments in office as mayor was the expansion of the peninsula through landfill along the southwest edge of the peninsula. A portrait of Rhett was dedicated during his final meeting of city council.".