Richard Hutson
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Richard Hutson | |
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| 8th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina | |
| In office January 31, 1782 – February 4, 1783 | |
| Governor | John Matthews |
| Preceded by | Christopher Gadsden |
| Succeeded by | Richard Beresford |
| 1st Mayor of Charleston | |
| In office 1783–1785 | |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Arnoldus Vanderhorst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 9, 1748[1] Charleston, South Carolina, British America |
| Died | April 12, 1795[1] |
Richard Hutson (1747 – April 12, 1795) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He was born in June 1747 to Rev. William Hutson and Mary Hutson (nee Woodward).[2] His family moved to Charleston in 1756 when his father was the pastor at the Circular Congregational Church.[2] After having been educated in Charleston as a child, he attended Princeton.[2]
In 1778 and 1779 he represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida for a time. After he returned home, he served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina under Governor John Mathews in 1782 and 1783.
On September 11, 1783, Hutson was elected the first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina.[3] He was re-elected on September 13, 1784, by a vote of 387 (Hutson) to 127 (Alexander Gillon).[4]
After his time as intendant of Charleston, he was one of the first three chancellors of the Court of Equity of South Carolina.[1]
He is buried in a vault at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Churchyard in Charleston.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hutson, William Maine (1908). "The Hutson Family of South Carolina". The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. 9: 127–140.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c O'Neall, John Belton (1859). Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina (vol. 2). Charleston, South Carolina: S.G. Courtenay & Co. pp. 211–212.
- ^ "Charleston, Sept. 13". The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette. Charleston, South Carolina. September 13, 1783. p. 3. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ "Yesterday came on the election . . ". South Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 14, 1784. p. 4. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ http://www.HalseyMap.com/Flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=4
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Richard Hutson (id: H001017)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1748 births
- 1795 deaths
- People from Beaufort County, South Carolina
- American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain
- Continental Congressmen from South Carolina
- 18th-century American politicians
- Signers of the Articles of Confederation
- Princeton University alumni
- Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina