George Bell Timmerman Jr. (August 11, 1912 – November 29, 1994) was an American politician and World War II veteran who served as the 105th governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959.

Timmerman enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an officer with the entry of the United States in World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[1] Returning to South Carolina after the war, Timmerman ran as a Democrat for Lieutenant Governor in 1946 on the same ticket as fellow veteran Strom Thurmond.

At the same time, Timmerman opposed federal court orders aimed at integrating public parks, bathing beaches and golf courses.

He signed a law in 1956 to bar members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from public employment in South Carolina.