tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post7711770680341156331..comments2024-02-14T09:38:04.098-08:00Comments on The Strangest Names In American Political History : Tolliver Cleveland Callison Sr. (1884-1966)Andy Osterdahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00435374277196946014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-72442525602565483172017-07-12T08:53:16.683-07:002017-07-12T08:53:16.683-07:00Not surprising. I've read transcripts of his t...Not surprising. I've read transcripts of his testimony before Congress opposing the Civil Rights of 1957.Cleve Callisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510635650353704937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-46392793696505181282017-06-02T14:51:13.839-07:002017-06-02T14:51:13.839-07:00Tolliver Cleveland Callison represented South Caro...Tolliver Cleveland Callison represented South Carolina in an action brought against the state by Sarah Mae Flemming who had been forced off a city bus because of her race. When he lost the case, and the Supreme Court affirmed that segregation on buses was unconstitutional, he complained the decision was "an invasion of state and municipal rights". --Robert E. DwyerRobert Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433283088219860253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-67525605103570412072014-12-19T14:02:26.076-08:002014-12-19T14:02:26.076-08:00I share Gaffney,SC as hometown (62-78) with the To...I share Gaffney,SC as hometown (62-78) with the Tolliver Jr (Cleve) branch of the family. And later it was my good fortune to know Richard Kremer, a Rhodes Scholar nominee who married Preston's daughter Melissa. And Cleve's sister Margaret still sets the standard for editor of the Gaffney High yearbook, the Cherokeean. All in all some of the smartest folks in one family I've ever come across. Was an honor to become acquainted with them early on.Stephen M. Foxhttp://www.foxofbama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-45166898098103354902014-12-17T18:42:42.048-08:002014-12-17T18:42:42.048-08:00I got this on some searches for "Tolliver&quo...I got this on some searches for "Tolliver" originally from Italian "tagliaferro" for "Ironcutter" if this is correct. Probably closer to "Iron Artisan" or "worker" in the sense of one who does "wrought" iron, not just the cutting. I don't know if there is a term in English for that. Hard to know for sure, but it makes sense to me. The other difficult one is to figure out again for sure where "Callison" comes from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliaferro<br />Todd Callisonhttps://www.facebook.com/todd.callison.7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-35118483335769608752014-12-17T14:36:05.899-08:002014-12-17T14:36:05.899-08:00Cleve,
Much obliged for the kind comments! Wish I...Cleve,<br /><br />Much obliged for the kind comments! Wish I could have written more about T.C. and his time as Attorney General but I'm sorry to say that information on him was hard to come by. I first located his name in an edition of "Who Was Who" (mentioned above) and other than that (and one or two newspaper write-ups on his candidacy for South Carolina Attorney General) I could find little else. In all honesty I was amazed to have found a picture of him! I was also pleasantly surprised to find out about his relation to the late Senator Strom Thurmond, who is certainly one of the most notable American political figures in the history of the U.S. Senate. If you have any further information you'd like to see listed about "T.C." I would be more than happy to include it! <br /><br /> Best wishes,<br /> <br /> AndyAndy Osterdahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435374277196946014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-16154328469525969592014-12-17T09:34:27.192-08:002014-12-17T09:34:27.192-08:00Thank you for this post about my paternal grandfat...Thank you for this post about my paternal grandfather. I've always assumed he was named after Grover Cleveland. My father was T.C. Jr. (deceased), and my oldest son is technically T.C. IV -- he goes by Todd. I'm the IIIrd, aka Cleve. Papa's law partner Thurmond was a distant cousin, so Strom was my 3rd cousin once removed or something like that.Cleve Callisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510635650353704937noreply@blogger.com