C. Kenneth Powell (born August 8, 1939) was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1971-1974.C. Kenneth Powell was active in the SCGOP, where he first worked on Floyd Spence's 1962 campaign for Congress as a Republican. He ran several times for elective office and became chair of the Richland County Republican Party in 1970. Powell served the S.C. Republican Party as its chair from 1971 to 1974.