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South Carolina

raccoon

(31,528 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2018, 03:24 PM Oct 2018

Long time ago, you could get a driver's license in South Carolina at 14. [View all]

Long time ago, you could get a driver’s license in South Carolina at age 14.

That was before even my time.

Somebody told me decades ago that SC changed the law because Marshall Parker’s daughter was killed in a car accident. He was a Republican politician. Ran for Senator but I don’t think he got it. On the Internet I found he did have a daughter named Martha Barham Parker who pre-deceased him but I don’t know anymore details and I haven’t been able to find anything else.

Anybody know the story on this?

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Long time ago, you could get a driver's license in South Carolina at 14. [View all] raccoon Oct 2018 OP

I remember him SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #1

Martha Barham Parker 11/13/1944 - 3/6/1959 k8conant Oct 2018 #2

Thanks! nt raccoon Oct 2018 #3

I was born in 1951 SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #4

I grew up in Iowa and had a permit at 14 liberal N proud Oct 2018 #5

In Nebraska kids could get a license at 14 if they have to drive to school in rural areas... marble falls Oct 2018 #6

Florida, too. 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #7