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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{redirect|Senator Peace|the California State Senate member|Stephen Peace}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name                = Roger Craft Peace
|image = Roger Craft Peace.jpg
|jr/sr              = United States Senator
|state               = [[South Carolina]]
|term_start          = August 5, 1941
|term_end            = November 4, 1941
|appointer           = [[Burnet R. Maybank]]
|predecessor         = [[Alva M. Lumpkin]]
|successor           = [[Burnet R. Maybank]]
|birth_date         = {{birth date|1899|5|19}}
|birth_place        = [[Greenville, South Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1968|8|20|1899|5|19}}
|death_place        = Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
|party               = [[Southern Democrats|Democratic]]
|alma_mater = [[Furman University]]
}}

'''Roger Craft Peace''' (May 19, 1899{{spaced ndash}}August 20, 1968) was a [[United States senator]] from [[South Carolina]]. Born in [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], he attended the public schools and graduated from [[Furman University]] in 1919. He was a newspaper reporter, sports editor, editor, business manager, and publisher in Greenville. During the [[First World War]] he served as an instructor in the [[United States Army]] at [[Camp Perry]] in 1918. He was a [[colonel]] on the [[Governor of South Carolina|Governor’s]] staff from 1930 to 1934 and a trustee of Furman University from 1938 to 1948.

Peace was appointed on August 5, 1941, as a [[Southern Democrats|Democrat]] to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Alva M. Lumpkin]], who had been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[James F. Byrnes]], and served from August 5, 1941, until November 4, 1941; he was not a candidate for election to the vacancy, and resumed his career of writing, publishing, and civic activities. At the time of his death, he was chairman of [[Multimedia, Inc.]] Peace died in Greenville in 1968; interment was in [[Springwood Cemetery]].

He is succeeded by his two grandsons, Roger C. Peace III and Norlin Peace.

==References==
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