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Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father,planter,and politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution. He was elected and served as the 37th governor of South Carolina,later serving two more non-consecutive terms. He also served as a U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. He was first cousin once removed of fellow signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Edward Rutledge was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th governor of South Carolina.
Christopher Gadsden was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress,a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War,Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina,a merchant,and the designer of the Gadsden flag. He is a signatory to the Continental Association.
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Robert Young Hayne was an American lawyer,planter and politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1823 to 1832,as Governor of South Carolina 1832–1834,and as Mayor of Charleston 1836–1837. As Senator and Governor,he was a leading figure in the Nullification Crisis and,along with John C. Calhoun and James Hamilton Jr.,a vocal proponent of the doctrines of states' rights,compact theory,and nullification;his 1830 debate in the Senate with Daniel Webster is considered a defining episode in the constitutional crisis which precipitated the American Civil War.
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John Mathews was a Founding Father of the United States and lawyer from Charleston,South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781 where he endorsed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of South Carolina. On his return,he was elected the 33rd governor of South Carolina,serving a single term in 1782 and 1783.
Willard Newman Hirsch (1905–1982) was an American sculptor.
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- Anna Wells Rutledge,"Cogdell and Mills,Charleston Sculptors", Antiques 41 (1942):192–193.
