What is Arthur Ravenel Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Arthur Ravenel Jr. | image name = Arthur Ravenel Jr.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|29}} | birth_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|01|16|1927|3|29}} | death_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | resting_place = {{ubl|[[Huguenot Church|Huguenot Church Cemetery]]|Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.}} | state = [[South Carolina]] | district = {{ushr|SC|1|1st}} | term_start = January 3, 1987 | term_end = January 3, 1995 | preceded = [[Thomas F. Hartnett]] | succeeded = [[Mark Sanford]] | office1 = Member of the [[South Carolina Senate]] | constituency1 = 34th district | term_start1 = January 3, 1997 | term_end1 = January 3, 2005 | predecessor1 = Greg Smith | successor1 = [[Raymond E. Cleary III]] | constituency2 = 16th district (1981–1985)<br>44th district (1985–1987) | term_start2 = January 13, 1981 | term_end2 = January 3, 1987 | predecessor2 = Allen Ruffin Carter<br>Arnold Samuel Goodstein<br>Thomas Forbes Hartnett | successor2 = [[Sherry Shealy Martschink]] | office3 = Member of the <br>[[South Carolina House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston County]] | term_start3 = January 13, 1953 | term_end3 = January 13, 1959 | predecessor3 = ''Multi-member district'' | successor3 = ''Multi-member district'' | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (until 1960s)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (after 1960s) | relatives = [[Thomas Ravenel]]<br>[[Charles D. Ravenel]] }}'''Arthur Ravenel Jr.''' (March 29, 1927 &ndash; January 16, 2023) was an American [[businessman]] and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. He served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[South Carolina]]'s [[South Carolina's 1st congressional district|1st congressional district]]. He served from 1987 through 1995. Ravenel Jr. decided not to run for re-election in 1994, to