Barnard Elliot Bee Sr. (1787–1853) was an American attorney and politician. A native of South Carolina,he,with his family,was an early settler of the Republic of Texas. He became a political leader there,serving in several political-appointee positions in the republic.
Robert Young Hayne was an American slave-owner,lawyer,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.
John Ewing Colhoun was a United States Senator and lawyer from 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.
Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure was a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia,who served along with the Confederate States Army in South Carolina at various times during the American Civil War. As a colonel,he led his regiment in the occupation of Fort Moultrie and the bombardment of Fort Sumter at the beginning of the war. He was appointed brigadier general as well as adjutant general and inspector general of South Carolina militia in 1862. He commanded part of the Charleston defenses during the Union siege of the city in 1863. He also led his men in opposition to Major General William T. Sherman's march through the Carolinas.
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.
David Deas was the twelfth intendant of Charleston,South Carolina,serving from 1802 to 1803.
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.
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.
Thomas Jones was the fifth intendent (mayor) of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1789 to 1790.
Francis Kinloch Huger,a trained physician and artillery officer,was a scion of the Huger family of South Carolina. A member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina Senate,he is best known for his leadership of a failed November 1794 attempt to rescue Lafayette from captivity during the wars surrounding the French Revolution.
William DuBose was an American plantation owner,lawyer,and politician who served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1836 to 1838.
