Theodore Gourdin
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Theodore Gourdin | |
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![]() Gourdin in 1922 publication | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |
Preceded by | David R. Williams |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Huger |
Personal details | |
Born | near Kingstree, Province of South Carolina, British America | March 20, 1764
Died | January 17, 1826 Pineville, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 61)
Resting place | Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Stephen, South Carolina |
Profession | planter |
Theodore Gourdin (March 20, 1764 – January 17, 1826) was an American slaveholder and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1813 to 1815.
Life
Born near Kingstree in the Province of South Carolina, Gourdin was educated in Charleston, and in Europe. He owned a plantation, on which he enslaved people, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Congress
Gourdin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815).
Later career and death
After his term, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
He died in Pineville, South Carolina, January 17, 1826, and was interred in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, South Carolina.
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Sources
- United States Congress. "Theodore Gourdin (id: G000345)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
Media related to Theodore Gourdin at Wikimedia Commons
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