US Congressman. He was born on the Black River, near Camden, South Carolina, which is now Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was educated locally and later graduated from the distinguished South Carolina University (later renamed the University of South Carolina) in Columbia, South Carolina. Following his education, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814, and opened up his law practice in Camden, South Carolina. He then entered politics and served as Commissioner in Equity from 1814 to 1820. He then ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party to represent the Seventeenth Congress to fill the seat caused by the resignation of United States Representative James Blair on May 8, 1822. A Member of the Jacksonian-Democratic Party, he then was re-elected and served South Carolina's 8th District in the Eighteenth Congress and South Carolina's 9th District in the Twentieth Congress from December 11, 1822, to March 3, 1829. After his term in the United States Congress expired, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Blair on March 4, 1829. During this time, he had married Ellen Marbury on February 12, 1829, in Baltimore, Maryland. The couple would have no children, but his daughter Eliza from a previous marriage was born in 1819. He resumed his practice of law after leaving office in Camden, South Carolina, and the family eventually moved to Georgetown, District of Columbia, in 1836. He passed away in that city on June 20, 1850, at the age of 58, and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His daughter Eliza who predeceased him in 1846, and his wife Ellen who passed away in 1860 are buried with him.
US Congressman. He was born on the Black River, near Camden, South Carolina, which is now Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was educated locally and later graduated from the distinguished South Carolina University (later renamed the University of South Carolina) in Columbia, South Carolina. Following his education, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814, and opened up his law practice in Camden, South Carolina. He then entered politics and served as Commissioner in Equity from 1814 to 1820. He then ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party to represent the Seventeenth Congress to fill the seat caused by the resignation of United States Representative James Blair on May 8, 1822. A Member of the Jacksonian-Democratic Party, he then was re-elected and served South Carolina's 8th District in the Eighteenth Congress and South Carolina's 9th District in the Twentieth Congress from December 11, 1822, to March 3, 1829. After his term in the United States Congress expired, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Blair on March 4, 1829. During this time, he had married Ellen Marbury on February 12, 1829, in Baltimore, Maryland. The couple would have no children, but his daughter Eliza from a previous marriage was born in 1819. He resumed his practice of law after leaving office in Camden, South Carolina, and the family eventually moved to Georgetown, District of Columbia, in 1836. He passed away in that city on June 20, 1850, at the age of 58, and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His daughter Eliza who predeceased him in 1846, and his wife Ellen who passed away in 1860 are buried with him.
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