Earle Morris Jr.
Earle Morris was an American Democratic politician, who served in both houses of the South Carolina General Assembly.
Morris served as the 81st Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1971–1975, elected on a ticket headed by John C. West, the outgoing lieutenant governor. West and Morris defeated, respectively, the
Republicans Albert Watson and James M. Henderson, an advertising executive from Greenville and later the father-in-law of U.S. Senator Jim DeMint. Morris was later elected Comptroller General by the General Assembly on June 16, 1976, to fill the unexpired term of outgoing Comptroller General J. Henry Mills; he subsequently served in that office from 1976–1999.
Morris died on February 11, 2011 at the age 82, after a battle with prostate cancer.
