US Congressman. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, he graduated from Washington and Lee University Virginia, in 1876, taught school for twelve years and then graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt University Tennessee. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in South Carolina in 1889, was president of the State Farmers’ Alliance, a member of the South Carolina State Senate in 1890 and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892. In 1895, he presented credentials as a Democratic member for election to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving until 1896. When the seat was declared vacant in 1896, he was elected as Democrat to fill the vacancy thus caused, to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, serving until his death at age 47 in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
US Congressman. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, he graduated from Washington and Lee University Virginia, in 1876, taught school for twelve years and then graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt University Tennessee. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in South Carolina in 1889, was president of the State Farmers’ Alliance, a member of the South Carolina State Senate in 1890 and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892. In 1895, he presented credentials as a Democratic member for election to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving until 1896. When the seat was declared vacant in 1896, he was elected as Democrat to fill the vacancy thus caused, to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, serving until his death at age 47 in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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