Richard Hutson was a Founding Father of the United States and an American lawyer,judge,politician,plantation owner,and slave owner from Charleston,South Carolina. He was born in June 1747 to Rev. William Hutson and Mary Hutson. His family moved to Charleston in 1756 when his father was the pastor at the Circular Congregational Church. After having been educated in Charleston as a child,he attended Princeton.
Thomas Bennett Jr. was an American businessman,banker and politician,the 48th Governor of South Carolina from 1820 to 1822. A respected politician,he had served several terms in the state legislature since 1804,including four years as Speaker of the House,and a term in the state Senate.
Henry Laurens Pinckney was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina,and the son of Charles Pinckney and Mary Eleanor Laurens.
John Drayton II was Governor of South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
The 1802–03 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1802 and 1803,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
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.
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.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1802,in 12 states,concurrent with the House and Senate elections.
