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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaThomas SUMTER
(1734-1832)
Senate Years of Service:
1801-1810Party: Democratic
RepublicanSUMTER, Thomas,
(grandfather of Thomas De Lage Sumter), a Representative and a
Senator from South Carolina; born near Charlottesville, Va., August
14, 1734; received a limited schooling; fought in skirmishes
against the Indians; moved to South Carolina about 1760 and opened
a crossroads store near Nelson’s Ferry; justice of the peace;
served with the South Carolina troops throughout the Revolution;
elected to the privy council in 1782; elected a Delegate to the
Continental Congress in 1783, but declined to accept; served
several terms in the State house of representatives; delegate to
the State convention which ratified the Constitution, which he
opposed; planter; elected to the First and Second Congresses (March
4, 1789-March 3, 1793); defeated for reelection in 1792; elected as
a Democratic Republican to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses
and served from March 4, 1797, to December 15, 1801, when he
resigned; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States
Senate in December 1801 to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Charles Pinckney; reelected in 1805 and served from
December 15, 1801, until his resignation on December 16, 1810;
retired from public life and lived on his plantation, ”South
Mount,” near Stateburg, S.C.; died at “South
Mount,” June 1, 1832; interment in the private burial ground
on the family estate.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Bass, Robert. Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of
General Thomas Sumter. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
1961; Gregorie, Anne. Thomas Sumter. Columbia, S.C.: The
R.L. Bryan Co., 1931.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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