Thomas Day Singleton (Birth date unknown – November 25,1833) was a slaveowner [1] and United States representative from South Carolina. He was born near Kingstree,South Carolina but his birth date is unknown.
Singleton was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,1826-1833. He was elected as a Nullifier to the Twenty-third Congress and served without having qualified,from March 3,1833,until his death in Raleigh,North Carolina,November 25,1833,while en route to Washington,D.C. He was buried in the Congressional Cemetery,Washington,D.C.
Robert Woodward Barnwell was an American slave owner,planter,lawyer,and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America. Barnwell was a public defender of slavery and secession;he personally owned at least 128 enslaved persons.
James Gresham Barrett is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was a candidate for its nomination for Governor of South Carolina in the 2010 election. A resident of Westminster,South Carolina,the district he represented runs along the Savannah River in the northwestern part of the state.
Daniel Jenifer was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County,Maryland. He was also the nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented Maryland's 1st Congressional district in the U.S. Congress in 1831–1833 and the 7th district from 1835 to 1841. From 1841 to 1845 he served as U.S. Minister to the Austrian Empire.
John Gaillard was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.
William Campbell Preston was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier,and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston,William Preston and Angelica Singleton Van Buren. He first married Maria Eliza Coalter in 1819,then Louisa Penelope Davis after Maria's death. Preston was a slaveowner and vocal opponent of abolitionism.
George Mumford was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.
Alva Moore Lumpkin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina and was a United States senator from South Carolina.
Abraham Van Buren II was an American soldier and the eldest son of Martin Van Buren,the eighth President of the United States and his wife,Hannah Hoes Van Buren. A career soldier and veteran of the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War,Van Buren was named in honor of his paternal grandfather Abraham Van Buren,an officer in the Albany County militia during the Revolutionary War.
Robert Mooneyhan "Robin" Tallon Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from South Carolina from 1983 to 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Thomas Birch Florence was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Gideon Lee was an American politician who was the 60th Mayor of New York City from 1833 to 1834,and United States Representative from New York for one term from 1835 to 1837.
Otho Robards Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Eli Thomas Stackhouse was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
John Taylor was a United States Representative from South Carolina. His birth date is unknown. Taylor was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,1802–1805. He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress in 1816 and for election to the Seventeenth Congress in 1820. His death date is unknown.
James Blair was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in the Waxhaw settlement,Lancaster County,South Carolina to Sarah Douglass and William Blair,immigrants from Ireland. He engaged in planting and was also the sheriff of Lancaster District. He owned slaves.
Robert Blair Campbell was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina,brother of John Campbell,also of South Carolina.
Events from the year 1789 in the United States. The Articles of Confederation,the agreement under which the nation's government had been operating since 1781,was superseded by the Constitution in March of this year.
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.
On January 6,2015,the first day of the 114th United States Congress and two months after the 2014 U.S. House elections,the incoming House members held an election for its speaker. This was 123rd speaker election since the office was created in 1789. The incumbent,John Boehner,received 216 votes,a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected to office,despite a coordinated effort by Freedom Caucus Republicans to oust him.