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Richard Hutson (1748-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, July 9,
1748.
Son of Rev. William Hutson and Mary (Woodward) Hutson.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-82, 1785,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1782-83; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-85; delegate to
South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 12,
1795 (age 46 years, 277
days).
Entombed at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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David Ramsay (1749-1815) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., April 2,
1749.
Physician;
author;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-83; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83, 1785-86;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1801-15.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by a crazed patient, and died two days later, in
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1815 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Isaac Edward Holmes (1796-1867) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1796.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1839-51 (4th District
1839-41, 5th District 1841-43, 6th District 1843-51).
Died in 1867
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Henry Laurens Pinckney (1794-1863) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
24, 1794.
Son of Charles
Pinckney.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1833-37 (1st District
1833-35, 6th District 1835-37); mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1837-40; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1841-42.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., February
3, 1863 (age 68 years, 132
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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John Bee Holmes (1760-1827) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1760.
Son of Isaac Holmes and Rebecca (Bee) Holmes.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1794-95; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1799-1801.
Died September
5, 1827 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Holmes and Rebecca (Bee) Holmes; married 1783 to
Elizabeth Edwards (sister of John
Edwards). |
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Thomas Jones (1745-1836) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1745.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1789-90.
Died October
30, 1836 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Relatives:
Married 1766
to Abigail Townsend. |
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) —
of South Carolina.
Born February
25, 1746.
Lawyer;
planter;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1779-1804; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1796-97; received one electoral vote, 1796;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1800; candidate for President
of the United States, 1804 (Federalist), 1808.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died August
16, 1825 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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John Rutledge (1739-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
18, 1739.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina House of Commons, 1761-76; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1764-65; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; President
of South Carolina, 1776-78; Governor of
South Carolina, 1779-82; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
received 6 electoral votes, 1789;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-91; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1795; common pleas court judge in
South Carolina, 1791-95.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1800 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839) —
also known as Robert Y. Hayne —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, November
10, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-18; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1818; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1818-22; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1823-32; Governor of
South Carolina, 1832-34; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1835-37.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
24, 1839 (age 47 years, 318
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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Arnoldus Van der Horst (1748-1815) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born March 21,
1748.
Son of Arnoldus Van der Horst and Elizabeth (Simons) Van der Horst.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-78, 1798-99; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1783-91; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1785-86, 1790-92; Governor of
South Carolina, 1794-96.
Died January
29, 1815 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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Arthur Peronneau Hayne (c.1789-1867) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., about 1789.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858.
Died January
7, 1867 (age about 78
years).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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William Dickinson Martin (1789-1833) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1789.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1827-31.
Died in 1833
(age about
44 years).
Interment at St. Michael's Churchyard.
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of South Carolina.
Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C., March 18,
1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000
notes in 1861 and $100
notes in 1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion Park.
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Relatives:
Cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun and Joseph
Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas
Green Clemson; granduncle of John
Temple Graves. See Calhoun
family of South Carolina. |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
C. Johnson
— John
Calhoun Nicholls
— John
Calhoun Cook
— John
C. Sheppard
— John C.
Bell
— John
C. C. Mayo
— John
C. Phillips
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than
union." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret
L. Coit, John
C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John
C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren
Brown, John
C. Calhoun (for young readers) |
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Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Christ Church Parish, Charleston District (now part of Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1749.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; Governor of
South Carolina, 1798-1800; died in office 1800.
Died January
23, 1800 (age 50 years, 61
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
23, 1750.
Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
South Carolina, 1787-89; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791; U.S. Minister to
Great Britain, 1792-96; received 59 electoral votes, 1796;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99,
1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Florida, 1812-14.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
2, 1828 (age 78 years, 10
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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James Gadsden (1788-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 15,
1788.
Son of Philip Gadsden (1761-1824) and Catherine (Edwards) Gadsden
(1766-1816).
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Florida
state legislature; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1853-56.
Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
25, 1858 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
26, 1757.
Son of Col. Charles Pinckney and Frances (Brewton) Pinckney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1779-84, 1786-89,
1792-96, 1805-06; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
South Carolina, 1789-92, 1796-98, 1806-08; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1798-1801; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1819-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1824 (age 67 years, 3
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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William Loughton Smith (1758-1812) —
also known as William Smith —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1758.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1784-88, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93,
1st District 1793-97, at-large 1797); U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1797-1801.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
19, 1812 (age about 54
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Daniel Huger (1741-1799) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
20, 1741.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 6,
1799 (age 58 years, 136
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Isaac Motte (1738-1795) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
8, 1738.
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780.
Died May 8,
1795 (age 56 years, 151
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Christopher Gadsden (1723-1805) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
16, 1723.
Son of Thomas Gadsden (1688-1741) and Elizabeth (Gasciogne) Gadsden
(1702-1727).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1778-80.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
15, 1805 (age 82 years, 211
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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John Lewis Gervais (1741-1798) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Hanover, Germany
of French Huguenot parents, 1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1781-82; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83.
French
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
18, 1798 (age about 57
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1721.
Son of Charles Lowndes.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-78, 1787-90; President
of South Carolina, 1778-79; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1788-89.
Died August
24, 1800 (age about 79
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lowndes; married 1748 to
Amarinthia Elliott; married 1751 to Mary
Cartwright; married 1773 to Sarah
Jones. |
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John Gadsden (1787-1831) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born March 4,
1787.
Son of Philip Gadsden (1761-1824) and Catherine (Edwards) Gadsden
(1766-1816).
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820-31; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1827-29.
Died January
24, 1831 (age 43 years, 326
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Thomas Roper (1760-1829) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1760.
Son of William Roper and Grace (Hext) Roper.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1796-1801; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1799-1801.
Died April 15,
1829 (age about 68
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Relatives:
Married 1781
to Lydia Harvey. |
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794; state court judge
in South Carolina, 1799; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1834 (age 62 years, 220
days); his remains apparently were lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery.
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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ninety Six District (part now in Abbeville
County), S.C., September
17, 1776.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1814-15.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 26,
1857 (age 80 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) —
also known as Burnet R. Maybank —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; cotton
exporter; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1931-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1939-41; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
1, 1954 (age 55 years, 178
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Daniel Elliott Huger (1779-1854) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1779.
Son of Daniel
Huger.
Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1843-47.
Died in 1854
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) —
also known as Robert Barnwell Smith —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
21, 1800.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1837-49 (7th District
1837-39, 6th District 1839-41, 7th District 1841-49); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died in St. James
Parish, La., September
14, 1876 (age 75 years, 268
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Aiken, Jr. (1806-1887) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
28, 1806.
Son of William Aiken (1779-1831) and Henrietta (Wyatt) Aiken.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1838-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1842-44; Governor of
South Carolina, 1844-46; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1851-57 (6th District
1851-53, 2nd District 1853-57).
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
6, 1887 (age 81 years, 221
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) —
of South Carolina.
Born August
14, 1781.
Governor
of South Carolina, 1820-22.
Died January
30, 1865 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) —
also known as George A. Trenholm —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1807.
Democrat. Banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852-56, 1874; Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
9, 1876 (age 69 years, 288
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1813.
Secretary
of state of South Carolina, 1860-62; Governor of
South Carolina, 1864-65.
Ousted
as Governor by Union
authorities in 1865 and imprisoned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 9,
1893 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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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.
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 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Sanders McMillan (1888-1939) —
also known as Thomas S. McMillan —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born near Ulmers, Allendale
County, S.C., November
27, 1888.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1917; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1925-39; died in
office 1939; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1936.
Died September
29, 1939 (age 50 years, 306
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Swinton Legaré (1869-1913) —
also known as George S. Legaré —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Rockville, Charleston
County, S.C., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1903-13; died in
office 1913.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
31, 1913 (age 43 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Turner Logan (1874-1941) —
also known as W. Turner Logan —
of South Carolina.
Born in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1921-25.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
15, 1941 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Richard Smith Whaley (1874-1951) —
also known as Richard S. Whaley —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 15,
1874.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1913-21; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1930.
Died in 1951
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William John Grayson (1788-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., November
2, 1788.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1822-25; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-31; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1833-37.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
4, 1863 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Clara Gooding McMillan (1894-1976) —
also known as Clara G. McMillan —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Brunson, Hampton
County, S.C., August
17, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1939-41;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Female.
Died in Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C., November
8, 1976 (age 82 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Henry W. Lockwood (d. 1945) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1940,
1944;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1945.
Died June 6,
1945.
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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