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Alexander Moultrie (1750-1807) —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 2,
1750.
South
Carolina state attorney general, 1776-92; impeached
for embezzling
state money into the Yazoo Land Company, and resigned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August, 1807
(age 57
years, 0 days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, 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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Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) —
also known as Preston S. Brooks —
of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (now Greenwood
County), S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
5, 1819.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,
1856-57; died in office 1857.
Suffered a hip wound in a duel
with Louis
T. Wigfall, 1839, and could walk only with
a cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over an
anti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate and beat
Senator Charles
Sumner with a cane, causing severe
injuries; an attempt to expel
him from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,
but he resigned;
re-elected to his own vacancy.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1857 (age 37 years, 175
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) —
also known as L. M. Keitt —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C.
Born in Orangeburg District (part now in Calhoun
County), S.C., October
4, 1824.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,
1855-56, 1856-60; censured
by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in his caning
attack on Sen. Charles
Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858,
he attacked and attempted
to choke Rep. Galusha
Grow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the next day, near
Richmond (unknown
county), Va., June 4,
1864 (age 39 years, 244
days).
Interment at West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
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James Chesnut Jr. (1815-1885) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
18, 1815.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1854; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858-60; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; candidate for Senator
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1861; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1868,
1872.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., February
1, 1885 (age 70 years, 14
days).
Interment at Knights
Hill Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
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Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1813.
U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1856-60; resigned 1860; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; resigned 1861; 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, Charleston, S.C.
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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, 1853-56, 1874-76
(St. Philip & St. Michael 1852, 1853-56, Charleston County 1874-76);
Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
9, 1876 (age 69 years, 288
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (1824-1894) —
also known as B. F. Whittemore —
of Darlington
County, S.C.; Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1824.
Republican. Minister;
chaplain;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Darlington
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Darlington County, 1868, 1870-77;
resigned 1868, 1877; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1868-70;
resigned 1870; censured
by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870 for selling
an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
25, 1894 (age 69 years, 252
days).
Interment at Woodbrook
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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William Blackburn Wilson Jr. (1850-1920) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in York, York
County, S.C., January
12, 1850.
Lawyer;
fled
to Texas in 1871-73 to avoid federal
prosecution over his Klan
activities; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York County,
1884-88; member of South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1888-92; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from York
County, 1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., April
30, 1920 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Thomas Hamilton —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1872-78; suspended
on February 11, 1873, for "persistently breaking
the rules of the House".
Burial location unknown.
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Dublin J. Walker (born c.1837) —
of Chester
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, about 1837.
Republican. Chester
County School Commissioner, 1870-74; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1874-77; indicted
in 1875 for issuing fraudulent
teacher pay certificates; convicted
in September 1875; sentenced
to 12 months in prison; Gov. Daniel
H. Chamberlain commuted his sentence, then granted him a full
pardon; arrested
in April 1877 on the same charge, and resigned
from the Senate.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Douglass Robertson —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1872-76; expelled
from the House on February 25, 1876, for attempting
to bribe New York publishers concerning the supply of school
textbooks.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Eden Gaillard (1839-1879) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., March 8,
1839.
Republican. School
teacher; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1871-77; resigned
1877; chair of
Charleston County Republican Party, 1874; his "activities"
were investigated
in 1877, and he subsequently resigned.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died near Monrovia, Liberia,
April
13, 1879 (age 40 years, 36
days).
Interment somewhere in Liberia.
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Henry J. Maxwell —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Republican. Member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1868-77; postmaster
at Bennettsville,
S.C., 1869-70; convicted
of bribery
in 1877, and resigned
from the State Senate.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles S. Minort —
of Richland
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1872-74, 1876-77; resigned 1877; indicted
for bribery
in 1877.
Burial location unknown.
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Hastings Gantt —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1870-74, 1876-84; in 1878, his election was protested
by W. J. Verdier, who alleged that Gantt was not
eligible to be a member of the House, because he had confessed
to taking a
bribe in a previous legislative session; committees of the House
considered the matter and were unable to reach a decision.
Burial location unknown.
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John Brown Moore (1835-1926) —
of Anderson
County, S.C.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in Anderson District (now Anderson
County), S.C., March
22, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,
1868-70; vice-chair of
South Carolina Democratic Party, 1878; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1882-86; involved in
a dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson County, which he
opposed; on September 15, 1885, in the public square of Anderson,
S.C., he shot
at Edwards
Bobo Murray, and was shot and
injured; subsequently pleaded
guilty to disturbing
the peace and to carrying a concealed
weapon; charges against Murray were dismissed.
Presbyterian.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., November
22, 1926 (age 91 years, 245
days).
Interment at Colusa Community Cemetery, Colusa, Calif.
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Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., February
5, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,
1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson
County, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the public
square of Anderson, S.C., he was shot
at by John
Brown Moore, and fired
back, injuring Moore; charges
against him were dismissed; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
Temperance.
Drowned
while rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond, Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., July 7,
1894 (age 40 years, 152
days).
Interment at Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) —
also known as Benjamin R. Tillman; "Pitchfork
Ben"; "The One-Eyed Plowboy" —
of Trenton, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost his
left eye in 1864; farmer; Governor of
South Carolina, 1890-94; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; in
Februry, 1902, he accused
fellow South Carolina senator John
McLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)
to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the two came to
blows on the Senate floor; both were censured
by the Senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.
English
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 3,
1918 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Interment at Ebenezer
Cemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934) —
also known as John L. McLaurin —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., May 9,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-91; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1891-97; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1892-97;
resigned 1897; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1897-1903; in Februry, 1902, he was
accused,
by fellow South Carolina senator Ben
Tillman, of accepting a bribe
(in the form of federal patronage) to support a treaty; he called
Tillman a liar, and the two came to
blows on the Senate floor; both were censured
by the Senate; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1913-14; South
Carolina Warehouse Commissioner, 1915-17.
Died in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., July 20,
1934 (age 74 years, 72
days).
Interment at McCall
Cemetery, Bennettsville, S.C.
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Eugene Satterwhite Blease (1877-1963) —
also known as Eugene S. Blease —
of Saluda
County, S.C.; Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry
County, S.C., January
28, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1900-02, 1922-24; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1905-06; mayor
of Newberry, S.C., 1920-21; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1927-31; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-34; resigned
1934; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944.
Methodist.
On September 8, 1905, he shot
and killed his brother-in-law, Joe Ben Coleman, in Saluda, S.C.;
charged
with murder,
he pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty.
Died December
27, 1963 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Newberry, S.C.
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Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) —
also known as E. J. Dennis —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
23, 1877.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1900-04, 1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,
1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Methodist.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front
of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age 52 years, 305
days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.
McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried
and not convicted.
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Harry Shuler Dent (1930-2007) —
also known as Harry S. Dent —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
21, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1965-68; special counsel and
political advisor to President Richard
M. Nixon; pleaded
guilty in 1974 to a federal campaign
finance violation, and sentenced
to one month probation.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
28, 2007 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent; married to Betty
Francis. |
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John Wilson Jenrette Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as John W. Jenrette, Jr. —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, May 19,
1936.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1975-80.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
and convicted
on bribery
conspiracy charges
in 1980 and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles Tyrone Courtney (b. 1952) —
also known as Ty Courtney —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., January
4, 1952.
Lawyer;
municipal judge in South Carolina, 1981-82; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1991-2000.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees;
Lions.
Tried
and convicted
in June 2000 on federal charges
of bank
fraud, mail fraud, and making false
statements in a loan application.
Still living as of 2000.
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Marshall Clement Sanford Jr. (b. 1960) —
also known as Mark Sanford; "The Love
Gov" —
of South Carolina.
Born in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., March
28, 1960.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1995-2001; Governor of
South Carolina, 2003-11.
In June 2009, he disappeared from the state capital and was
unavailable for several days; his office said he was "hiking the
Appalachian Trail." In truth, he had gone to Argentina for an extramarital
affair; the scandal
ended his chances as a presidential candidate.
Still living as of 2011.
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Johnnie M. Smith (born c.1934) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Simpsonville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born about 1934.
Republican. Bishop;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1988.
African
ancestry.
Arrested
in 2004 and charged
with sexually
assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 1973.
Still living as of 2004.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach of
decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2018.
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