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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaRobert SMALLS
(1839-1915)
SMALLS, Robert, a
Representative from South Carolina; born in Beaufort, S.C., April
5, 1839; moved to Charleston, S.C., in 1851; appointed pilot in the
United States Navy and served throughout the Civil War; member of
the State constitutional convention in 1868; served in the State
house of representatives, 1868-1870; member of the State senate
1870-1874; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872
and 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and
Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress;
successfully contested the election of George D. Tillman to the
Forty-seventh Congress and served from July 19, 1882, to March 3,
1883; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882; elected to the
Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Edmund W.M. Mackey; reelected to the Forty-ninth Congress and
served from March 18, 1884, to March 3, 1887; unsuccessful for
reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; collector of the port
of Beaufort, S.C., 1897-1913; died in Beaufort, S.C., February 22,
1915; interment in the Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery.
Bibliography
Miller, Edward A., Jr. Gullah Statesman: Robert Smalls from
Slavery to Congress, 1839-1915. Columbia: University of South
Carolina Press, 1995.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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