Theodore Gourdin
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Theodore Gourdin | |
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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 | Saint Stephen, South Carolina |
Profession | planter |
Theodore Gourdin (March 20, 1764 – January 17, 1826) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
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.
Gourdin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815).
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Mrs. Theodore Gourdin (Elizabeth Gaillard) (1766–1835)
After his term, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Pineville, South Carolina, January 17, 1826. He was interred in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, South Carolina.
Sources[]
- United States Congress. "Theodore Gourdin (id: G000345)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Categories:
- 1764 births
- 1826 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
- South Carolina Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Kingstree, South Carolina