US Congressman. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he received a limited schooling, worked as shipping clerk and was a member of a convention of the Friends of Equal Rights at Charleston in 1865. He served a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives (1868-69), member of the State constitutional convention (1868-69), Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1870 and president of the Southern States Convention at Columbia in 1871. In 1873, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, serving until 1875. After his term, he was a United States internal-revenue collector for the second district of South Carolina, (1875-76). He died at age 48 in Charleston, South Carolina.
US Congressman. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he received a limited schooling, worked as shipping clerk and was a member of a convention of the Friends of Equal Rights at Charleston in 1865. He served a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives (1868-69), member of the State constitutional convention (1868-69), Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1870 and president of the Southern States Convention at Columbia in 1871. In 1873, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, serving until 1875. After his term, he was a United States internal-revenue collector for the second district of South Carolina, (1875-76). He died at age 48 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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