He was the first Republican Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina since Richard Howell Gleaves served during the Reconstruction era.
[1] He currently serves on the Clemson University Board of Trustees.
[3][4] His family runs a milk industry [citation needed] in Gaffney, South Carolina, and his older brother, Harvey S. Peeler Jr., is a state senator.
In 2002, Peeler had an unsuccessful run for governor, having been beaten in the primary race runoff by Mark Sanford.
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