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Stephen Robinson Bell (1860-1897) —
also known as Stephen R. Bell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1860.
Cotton
exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Russia in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-97.
Scotch-Irish and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Aiken
County, S.C., February
8, 1897 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Blair (1786-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., September
26, 1786.
Democrat. Planter; sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th
District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in
office 1834; in 1832, he assaulted
newspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, and fined
$350.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1834 (age 47 years, 187
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (part now in 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; resigned 1832; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion
Park, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married, December
27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau and Floride
Calhoun (daughter of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (who
married Thomas
Green Clemson); uncle of John
Alfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who married Armistead
Burt); great-granduncle of John
Temple Graves; first cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) and Joseph
Calhoun; first cousin once removed of Andrew
Pickens; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah Ann
Calhoun (who married Alexander
Henry Brown); second cousin twice removed of William
Francis Calhoun. |
| | | Political family: Calhoun-Pickens
family of South Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The John C. Calhoun State
Office Building (opened 1926), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Lake
Calhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion at Finchhafen,
Papua New Guinea, 1944) was 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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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes
(1862). |
| | | 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) |
| | | Image source: James Smith Noel
Collection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William McWillie (1795-1869) —
of Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.; Madison
County, Miss.
Born in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., November
17, 1795.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
South
Carolina state senate, 1836-40; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1849-51; defeated,
1850; Governor of
Mississippi, 1857-59.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Madison
County, Miss., March 3,
1869 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at Kirwood
Cemetery, Camden, Miss.
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John Brownlee Robertson (1809-1892) —
also known as John B. Robertson —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
14, 1809.
Whig. Physician;
carpet
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1840; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1847-49; postmaster at New
Haven, Conn., 1849-53; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1881-82.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 14,
1892 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Christ Church Parish, Charleston District (now part of Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1749.
Lawyer;
law partner of Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-96; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1796-98; Governor of
South Carolina, 1798-1800; died in office 1800.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
23, 1800 (age 50 years, 61
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Rutledge (1739-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now 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;
Associate
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.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 23,
1800 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C., January
29, 1767.
Democrat. Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-94, 1802-04,
1806-08, 1816-17; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1801; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mayesville, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., October
11, 1837 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Salem
Brick Church Cemetery, Mayesville, S.C.
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