Benjamin Boyd | |
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17th Mayor of Charleston | |
In office 1808–1808 | |
Preceded by | John Dawson Jr. |
Succeeded by | William Rouse |
Benjamin Boyd was the seventeenth intendent (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term in 1808. He was elected on July 22,1808,to complete the term of John Dawson Jr.,who had resigned. [1] [2] Boyd was the shortest serving mayor of Charleston;a regular election was held on September 12,1808,at which his successor,William Rouse,was elected. [3]
Samuel Prioleau was the twenty-sixth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving from 1824 to 1825.
Joseph Johnson (1776–1862) was the twenty-seventh mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1825 to 1827. He was re-elected to his second term on September 4,1826. He also was the president of the Branch Bank of the United States from 1818 until its close and authored a work titled "Traditions of South Carolina." Johnson died on October 6,1862,in Pineville,South Carolina and is buried at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Charleston. In his youth he operated the leading drug store in Charleston.
John Gadsden was the twenty-eighth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1827 to 1829. John Gadsden was born on March 4,1787,to Philip Gadsden (1761–1824) and Catherine (Edwards) Gadsden (1766–1816). He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1819 and was the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina from 1820 to 1831. On September 3,1827,Gadsden was elected to a second term as intendent of Charleston,defeating N.G. Cleary by a vote of 655 to 281. He died January 24,1831,and he is buried at St. Philip's Church in Charleston,South Carolina.
John Huger was the sixth intendent (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1792 to 1794. He laid the cornerstone of the Charleston Orphan House,one of the city's most notable buildings,on November 12,1792. Before the Revolutionary War,he had been a member of the Commons House of Assembly and a member of the Council of Safety,the group that organized revolutionary movements in Charleston. The location of Huger's estate,Hagan Plantation,was included in an almost 5,000 acre conservation easement.
David Deas was the twelfth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1802 to 1803.His father was David Deas 1722-1775 and his Uncle John Deas 1735-1790 owning slave plantations,they were both (reportly) too have been the 3rd largest slave traders in America.Both hailed from Leith,in Scotland.John Deas sailed for Providence of Carolina on Jan 28th 1749 where he joined elder brother David.
Charles Burnham Cochran was the fifteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1805 to 1806. He was elected on September 9,1805. At the time,he lived at the house then-numbered 67 Meeting Street,Charleston,South Carolina. He had previously served as the federal marshal of the South Carolina District from 1795 to 1802. In 1806,he was elected treasurer of South Carolina for the lower division. Cochran died on August 21,1833. He is buried at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston,South Carolina.
Elias Horry was a lawyer,politician,businessman and plantation owner who twice served in the South Carolina General Assembly as well as the intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1815 to 1817 and 1820 to 1821.
Daniel Stevens was the twenty-fourth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving from 1819 to 1820.
John Dawson Jr. was the sixteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1806 to 1808.
Thomas Rhett Smith was the twenty-first intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving from 1813 to March 1815.
John Edwards (1760–98) was the eighth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1795 to 1797.
John Bee Holmes was the seventh intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term between 1794 and 1795.
Thomas Winstanley was the eighteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term between 1804 and 1805. He had been elected as a warden for Charleston on September 23,1801. On October 5,1803,he was elected intendant pro tem during the absence of the intendant.
James Reid Pringle was the thirtieth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1830 to 1831.
Thomas H. McCalla was the nineteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two consecutive terms from 1810 to 1812.
William Rouse was the eighteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two consecutive terms from 1808 to 1810.
John Ward was the eleventh intendent (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1801 to 1802.
Thomas Jones was the fifth intendent (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1789 to 1790.
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851. The 1843 Electoral Act prescribed 36 members,24 to be elected,6 appointed by virtue of their office and 6 nominated. The appointments and elections were for five year terms and thus occurred in 1843,</ref>and 1848. The Speaker was Alexander Macleay until 19 May 1846 and then Charles Nicholson. The parliament was dissolved on 30 June 1851 as a result of the 1851 Electoral Act which increased the number of members in the Council to 54.