The Political Graveyard: Hemphill family of South Carolina

Hemphill family of South Carolina

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Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, 1767. Great-great-grandfather of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11. Died in 1837. Interment at Salem Brick Church Cemetery, Mayesville, S.C.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester County, S.C., December 18, 1803. Uncle of John James Hemphill; great-granduncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill. Judge of Texas Republic, 1840; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1859-61; Delegate from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died in office 1862; candidate for Senator from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern senators expelled in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va., January 7, 1862. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Hemphill County, Tex. is named for him.
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William Huggins Brawley (1841-1916) — also known as William H. Brawley — of Chester, Chester District (now Chester County), S.C.; Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Chester, Chester District (now Chester County), S.C., May 13, 1841. Cousin of John James Hemphill; granduncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., and lost an arm; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-90; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94; resigned 1894; U.S. District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; resigned 1911. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., November 15, 1916. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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John James Hemphill (1849-1912) — also known as John J. Hemphill — of Chester, Chester County, S.C. Born in Chester, Chester County, S.C., August 25, 1849. Nephew of John Hemphill; cousin of William Huggins Brawley; granduncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1876; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1883-93. Died May 11, 1912. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (1915-1983) — of Chester, Chester County, S.C. Born in Chester, Chester County, S.C., May 10, 1915. Great-great-grandson of Robert Witherspoon; great-grandnephew of John Hemphill; grandnephew of William Huggins Brawley and John James Hemphill. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1957-64; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1964. Died in Chester, Chester County, S.C., December 25, 1983. Interment at Hopewell Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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