George Swinton Legaré: Difference between revisions
authority control moved to wikidata |
genfixes using AWB |
||
Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American politician |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American politician |
||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1869 |
| DATE OF BIRTH = November 11, 1869 |
||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Rockville, South Carolina]] |
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Rockville, South Carolina]] |
||
| DATE OF DEATH = 1913 |
| DATE OF DEATH = January 31, 1913 |
||
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Charleston, South Carolina]] |
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Charleston, South Carolina]] |
||
}} |
}} |
Revision as of 11:16, 12 May 2015
George Swinton Legaré | |
---|---|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – January 31, 1913 | |
Preceded by | William Elliott |
Succeeded by | Richard S. Whaley |
Personal details | |
Born | Rockville, South Carolina | November 11, 1869
Died | January 31, 1913 Charleston, South Carolina | (aged 43)
Resting place | Charleston, South Carolina |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of South Carolina Georgetown University |
Profession | lawyer |
George Swinton Legaré (November 11, 1869 – January 31, 1913) was a politician from South Carolina; born in Rockville, S.C. Shortly after birth moved to Charleston, S.C. At Charleston, he graduated from the Porter Military Academy, now the exclusive Porter-Gaud School, in 1889. He then attended the law department of the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years; was graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1893. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced a legal practice in Charleston, S.C. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1903, until his death, before the close of the Sixty-second Congress; had been reelected to the Sixty-third Congress. His death was in Charleston, S.C., January 31, 1913; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
- Articles lacking sources from November 2006
- 1869 births
- 1913 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
- South Carolina Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- South Carolina politician stubs