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Benjamin Huger
President of the South Carolina Senate
In office
November 23, 1818 – December 20, 1821
GovernorAndrew Pickens
John Geddes
Thomas Bennett, Jr.
Preceded byJohn Lyde Wilson
Succeeded byJacob B. I'On
Member of the South Carolina Senate from All Saints Parish
In office
November 23, 1818 – July 7, 1823
Preceded byFrancis Kinloch Huger
Succeeded byWilliam Amis Dillard Bryan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded byTheodore Gourdin
Succeeded byJames Ervin
In office
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805
Preceded byLemuel Benton
Succeeded byDavid R. Williams
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Prince George's, Winyah Parish
In office
November 15, 1813 – December 24, 1813
In office
November 24, 1806 – August 29, 1812
In office
November 28, 1796 – December 16, 1797
Personal details
Born1768 (1768)
Charleston County, Province of South Carolina, British America
DiedJuly 7, 1823(1823-07-07) (aged 54–55)
near Georgetown, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
Professionplanter, politician

Benjamin Huger (1768 – July 7, 1823) was an American farmer and politician who served as a United States representative from South Carolina, serving three terms from 1799 to 1805, and a fourth term from 1815 to 1817.

Biography

Born at or near Charleston in the Province of South Carolina in 1768, he pursued an academic course and engaged in the cultivation of rice on the Waccamaw River.

Elected office

He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1798, and was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805.

He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1806 to 1813, and was then elected to the Fourteenth U.S. Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817.

He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1818 to 1823 and served as its president from 1819 to 1822.

Death

He died on his estate on Waccamaw River, near Georgetown, South Carolina; interment was in All Saints' Churchyard.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byLemuel Benton Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
1799–1805 		Succeeded byDavid R. Williams
Preceded byTheodore Gourdin Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
1815–1817 		Succeeded byJames Ervin

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