South Carolina Governor, US Congressman. He engaged in cotton planting and manufacturing until his death and built the first cottonseed-oil mill in South Carolina. From 1801 to 1803, he was editor and proprietor of the "City Gazette" and "Weekly Carolina Gazette of Charleston". He was elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses, 1805 to 1809 and elected to the Twelfth Congress, 1811 to 1813. During the War of 1812 he was appointed by President James Madison as a Brigadier General in the United States Regular Army, but resigned after being elected Governor of South Carolina in 1814. He was member of the State senate from 1824 until he was accidentally killed while superintending the construction of a bridge over Lynchs Creek, Witherspoons Ferry, South Carolina.
South Carolina Governor, US Congressman. He engaged in cotton planting and manufacturing until his death and built the first cottonseed-oil mill in South Carolina. From 1801 to 1803, he was editor and proprietor of the "City Gazette" and "Weekly Carolina Gazette of Charleston". He was elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses, 1805 to 1809 and elected to the Twelfth Congress, 1811 to 1813. During the War of 1812 he was appointed by President James Madison as a Brigadier General in the United States Regular Army, but resigned after being elected Governor of South Carolina in 1814. He was member of the State senate from 1824 until he was accidentally killed while superintending the construction of a bridge over Lynchs Creek, Witherspoons Ferry, South Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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