Junius T. Liles
{{Short description|American politician (1876–1947)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Junius T. Liles
|image = Junius T. Liles (1876–1947).png
|order = 69th
|title = Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
|governor = Robert Archer Cooper
|term_start = January 21, 1919
|term_end = January 18, 1921
|predecessor = Andrew Bethea
|successor = Wilson Godfrey Harvey
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1876|08|24}}
|birth_place = Lilesville, North Carolina, US
|death_date = {{death date and age|1947|03|1|1876|08|24}}
|death_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina, US
|party = Democratic
|spouse =
|children =
|education =
|signature = Signature of Junius T. Liles (1876–1947).png
}}
Junius T. Liles (1876–1947) was an American politician who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He was born in Lilesville, North Carolina.{{cite web |title=Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina 1730–2021 |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/man21/53_FormerLtGovs.pdf |website=scstatehouse.gov |publisher=South Carolina General Assembly |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706152846/https://www.scstatehouse.gov/man21/53_FormerLtGovs.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=The Bamburg Herald May 29, 1919 |url=https://historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/sn86063790/1919-05-29/ed-1/seq-1.pdf |website=historicnewspapers.sc.edu |publisher=University of South Carolina |access-date=14 May 2023}}
Career
Junius Liles attended both public and private schools. At the age of 17, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina. Because of financial problems, he was only able to stay for a year. He then worked as a bank clerk and salesman in Marion for two and a half years. He then began studying at Willmon College in Kentucky, but dropped out at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War of 1898 to join a Kentucky volunteer unit. From 1901 he worked in the insurance business for the rest of his non-political life. He must have also settled in South Carolina during those years.{{citation needed|date= May 2023}}
Liles was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1918 he was elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina alongside Robert Archer Cooper. He held this office between 1919 and 1921. He only served one term. He died in Orangeburg on March 1, 1947.{{cite web |title=Journal of the House of Representatives 73rd General Assembly |url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Legislators/Documents/Journal_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_State_of_South_Carolina_1919.pdf |website=carolana.com |publisher=South Carolina General Assembly |access-date=14 May 2023}}
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{{succession box
|before=Andrew Bethea
|title=Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
|years=1919–1921
|after=Wilson Godfrey Harvey}}
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