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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaChristopher GADSDEN
(1723-1805)
GADSDEN, Christopher, a
Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February
16, 1723; attended schools in England; employed in a commercial
house in Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745; delegate to the Stamp Act
Congress that met in New York in 1765; Member of the First
Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-1776; served as an
officer in the Continental Army 1776-1783, and participated in the
defense of Charleston in 1780; entered the service as colonel and
subsequently attained the rank of brigadier general; was a framer
of the State constitution in 1778; Lieutenant Governor 1778-1780;
elected Governor of South Carolina in 1781, but declined; died in
Charleston, S.C., September 15, 1805; interment in St.
Philip’s Churchyard.
Bibliography
Godbold, E. Stanly, Jr., and Robert H. Woody. Christopher
Gadsden and the American Revolution. Knoxville: The University
of Tennessee Press, 1982; Gadsden, Christopher. The Writings of
Christopher Gadsden, 1746-1805. Edited by Richard Walsh.
Columbia, S. C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1966.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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