South Carolina During the Antebellum Period - 1801 to 1860

Members of the 40th General Assembly - 1852 to 1853
This General Assembly convened in two regular sessions, held from November 22nd to December 16th in 1852, and held from November 28th to December 20th in 1853. A Special Session was convened earlier from November 1st to November 2nd in 1852.

House of Representatives

Election District

Delegates

Abbeville District

John W. Hearst

Samuel Jordan

Samuel McGowan

Thomas Thomson

James Kincaid Vance

All Saints Parish
(in the Horry District & Georgetown District)

Allard Belin Flagg

Barnwell District

William Aiken Owens

James Patterson

Samuel Wilds Trotti

Nathaniel George Washington Walker

Chester District

Tillman Ingram

Cyrus Davis Melton

William Alexander Rosborough

Chesterfield District

James White Blakeney

Ellerbe Boggar Crawford Cash

Christ Church Parish
(in the Charleston District)

Thomas Martin Wagner

Claremont District
(in the Sumter District)

John Durant Ashmore (1)

John Thompson Green

John Benoni Witherspoon

Clarendon District
(in the Sumter District)

James Eppes

John Isaac Ingram (2) / Peter Monroe Butler (3)

Darlington District

James Ervin Byrd

Edward Wells Charles

John Fulton Ervin

Edgefield District

John Cargille Allen (4)

Zachariah Williams Carwile

Simeon Christie

Andrew Jackson Hammond

Wiley Harrison

William Simkins Mobley

Fairfield District

Robert Bentham Boylston

Henry Harrison Clarke

James N. Shedd

Georgetown District
(aka Prince George's, Winyah Parish)

Gabriel Manigault

John Izard Middleton

John Harleston Read, Jr.

Greenville District

Perry Emory Duncan

William Pinckney McBee

Nathaniel Morgan

Benjamin Franklin Perry

Horry District

Robert Munro, Jr.

Kershaw District

Alexander Hamilton Boykin

Joseph Brevard Kershaw

Lancaster District

William Columbus Cauthen

Thomas Kirk Cureton

Laurens District

George Anderson

Robert Erskine Campbell

John Hudgens

Charles Pinckney Sullivan

Lexington District

John Fox

John Christian Hope

Marion District

William Wallace Durant

William Rogers Johnson

William Sidney Mullins

Marlboro District

Charles Alexander Thornwell

Thomas Christopher Weatherly

Newberry District

James Murray Crosson

Albert Creswell Garlington

Robert Griffin Pitts

Orange Parish
(in the Orangeburg District)

Llewellyn E. Cooner

Lawrence Massilon Keitt (5) / John Henry Felder (6)

Pendleton District

Elijah Alexander, Jr.

George Reece Brown

Ozey Robert Broyles

Francis Burt (7) / John Maxwell (8)

William Smith Pickens

John Trimmier Sloan

William Davis Steele

Prince William's Parish
(in the Beaufort District)

Daniel Hix Ellis

William Ferguson Hutson

Richland District

Wade Hampton, III

Charles T. Howell

William Maybin

James Doughty Tradewell

St. Andrew's Parish
(in the Colleton District)

William Benjamin Seabrook

St. Bartholomew's Parish
(in the Colleton District)

Lewis O'Bryan (9)

Josiah Bedon Perry

Peter Stokes

St. George's, Dorchester Parish
(in the Colleton District)

A.D. Moorer

St. Helena's Parish
(in the Beaufort District)

Benjamin Jenkins Johnson

St. James, Goose Creek Parish
(in the Charleston District)

Joseph Murray

St. James, Santee Parish
(in the Charleston District)

John A. Gadsden

St. John's, Berkeley Parish
(in the Charleston District)

James Sinkler

St. John's, Colleton Parish
(in the Colleton District)

William Mikell Bailey

Jabez J.R. Westcoat

St. Luke's Parish
(in the Beaufort District)

Robert Laurence Tillinghast

St. Matthew's Parish
(in the Orangeburg District)

Olin Miller Dantzler

St. Paul's Parish
(in the Colleton District)

William Elnathan Haskell

St. Peter's Parish
(in the Beaufort District)

Aquilla Richard Johnson

James Stoney Lawton

St. Philip's & St. Michael's Parish
(in the Charleston District)

John Charles Blum

Andrew William Burnet

James Butler Campbell

Samuel Cruikshank

Thomas Odingsell Elliott

Henry Gourdin

Benjamin Faneuil Hunt

Henry Campbell King

Fleetwood Lanneau

Henry Deas Lesesne

Edward McCrady

Nelson Mitchell

John Frederick Poppenheim

George Nathan Reynolds, Jr.

John Siegling, Jr.

James Simons*

Peter Della Torre

George Alfred Trenholm (10)

St. Stephen's Parish
(in the Charleston District)

William Mazyck Porcher

St. Thomas's & St. Dennis's Parish
(in the Charleston District)

Richard Corbett Laurens

Spartanburg District

B.F. Bates

Hosea Jefferson Dean (11) / Anthony Golding Campbell (12)

Elias Clumpton Leitner

Joseph Wofford Tucker

John Winsmith

Union District

Robert Beaty

James M. Gadberry

Benjamin Herndon Rice

Williamsburg District

Benjamin Warburton Bradley

Alexander Isaac McKnight

York District

William Isaiah Clawson

Andrew Baxter Springs

Alexander Stuart Wallace

George Washington Williams

Senate

Election District

Delegates

Abbeville District

Jehu Foster Marshall

All Saints Parish

Andrew Hasell

Barnwell District

James Jennings Wilson

Chester District

Samuel McAliley

Chesterfield District

Thomas Ellerbe Powe

Christ Church Parish

Andrew Hibben

Claremont District

Franklin Israel Moses

Clarendon District

John Laurence Manning (13) / John Isaac Ingram (14)

Darlington District

John Perkins Zimmerman

Edgefield District

Nathan Lipscomb Griffin (15) / James Parsons Carroll (16)

Fairfield District

John Buchanan

Georgetown District

Robert Francis Withers Allston**

Greenville District

Thomas Patterson Brockman

Horry District

Reuben George Wooten Grissette

Kershaw District

James Chestnut, Jr.

Lancaster District 

Thomas Walker Huey

Laurens District

Patrick Ludlow Calhoun

Lexington District

Lemuel Boozer

Marion District

Robert Harllee

Marlboro District

Christopher William Dudley

Newberry District

Patrick Calhoun Caldwell

Orange Parish 

Donald Rowe Barton

Pendleton District

Alexander Evins

Prince William's Parish

William Williams

Richland District 

James Hopkins Adams

St. Andrew's Parish

William Izard Bull

St. Bartholomew's Parish

Merrick Ezra Carn

St. George's, Dorchester Parish

Richard Stobo Bedon

St. Helena's Parish

Richard DeTreville

St. James, Goose Creek Parish

John Willson

St. James, Santee Parish

Alexander Mazyck

St. John's, Berkeley Parish

Sanford William Barker

St. John's, Colleton Parish

John Townsend

St. Luke's Parish

Benjamin George Allston (17) / Thomas Fenwick Drayton (18)

St. Matthew's Parish

Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn

St. Paul's Parish

Benjamin Perry (19) / Hawkins Septimus King (20)

St. Peter's Parish

Abram Miles Ruth

St. Philip's & St. Michael's Parish

John Edward Carew
William Dennison Porter

St. Stephen's Parish

John Saunders Palmer

St. Thomas's & St. Dennis's Parish

John Lascelles Nowell

Spartanburg District

Gabriel Cannon

Union District

William Henry Gist

Williamsburg District 

Eliphalet Hewitt Miller

York District

Isaac Donnom Witherspoon
* James Simons was elected as Speaker of the House. Thomas Worth Glover was elected as Clerk. Glover was elected as a Justice of the Court of Appeals in Law on December 8, 1852, and resigned his seat as Clerk on December 9, 1852. Hosea Jefferson Dean was then elected as Clerk on December 10, 1852.
** Robert Francis Withers Allston was elected as President of the Senate. William Edward Martin was elected as Clerk.
(1) Elected as Comptroller General of South Carolina on December 10, 1853.
(2) Elected to the SC Senate to replace J. L. Manning, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(3) Elected to replace John Isaac Ingram, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(4) Elected in the general election of 1852, but his seat was vacated since he already held the office of Deputy Postmaster. Re-elected in a special election, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(5) Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and took his seat on March 4, 1853.
(6) Elected to replace Lawrence Massilon Keitt, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(7) Elected as Third Auditor of the Treasury for the U.S., resigned after the first session.
(8) Elected to replace Francis Burt, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(9) Elected in the general election of 1852, but the election was declared null and void because of voting irregularities. Re-elected in a special election, and took his seat on 12/9/1852.
(10) Elected in the general election of 1852, but his seat was vacated since he had not resigned as Consul to the Two Sicilies. Re-elected in a special election, qualified on 11/29/1853.
(11) Resigned his House seat to accept the posistion of Clerk of the House on December 10, 1852.
(12) Elected to replace Hosea Jefferson Dean, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(13) Elected as Governor of South Carolina on December 9, 1852, gave up his seat in the Senate.
(14) Elected to replace John Laurence Manning, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(15) Nathan Lipscomb Griffin died on February 17, 1853.
(16) Elected to replace Nathan Lipscomb Griffin, qualified on 11/28/1853.
(17) Benjamin George Allston died on December 20, 1852.
(18) Elected to replace Benjamin George Allston, qualified on 11/28/1853.
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