South Carolina Delegates to the Continental Congress 1774 to 1789




South Carolina Delegates to the Continental Congress 1774-1789

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Continental Congress
No.	Location	Dates	SC Delegates	Comments
1	Philadelphia, PA	September 5, 1774 to October 26,1774	Christopher Gadsden Thomas Lynch, Sr. Henry Middleton Edward Rutledge John Rutledge.	All five (5) elected in June of 1774. All five (5) re-elected in January of 1775.
2	Philadelphia, PA	May 10, 1775 to December 12, 1776	Christopher Gadsden Thomas Heyward, Jr. Thomas Lynch, Sr. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton Henry Middleton Edward Rutledge John Rutledge.	Sat in Provincial Congress on 2/9/1776. Elected on 2/17/1776. Very ill. Returned home. Died en route. Elected on 3/23/1776 as 6th delegate. Elected on 2/17/1776. H. Middleton was elected as President of the 2nd Continental Congress, declined. Re-elected on 2/17/1776. Re-elected on 2/17/1776. Resigned on 3/26 to become President of SC.
"	Baltimore, MD	December 20, 1776 to March 4, 1777	Thomas Heyward, Jr. Henry Laurens Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton Edward Rutledge	- H. Laurens elected on 6/27/1777. Resigned as VP of SC on that date. - - Served until 1777.
"	Philadelphia, PA	March 4, 1777 to September 18, 1777	Thomas Heyward, Jr. Henry Laurens Arthur Middleton
"	Lancaster, PA	September 27, 1777	Thomas Heyward, Jr. Henry Laurens Arthur Middleton
"	York, PA	September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778	William Henry Drayton Thomas Heyward, Jr. Richard Hutson Henry Laurens John Mathews Arthur Middleton	Took his seat on 3/30/1778. Served until 1778. Elected in 1778. H. Laurens served as the President of the Cont. Congress from 11/1/77 to 12/9/78. Elected in 1778. Served until the end of 1777. Re-elected in 1781.
"	Philadephia, PA	July 2, 1778 to March 1, 1781	Thomas Bee William Henry Drayton Richard Hutson Francis Kinloch Henry Laurens Nicholas Eveleigh John Mathews Isaac Motte David Ramsay Edward Rutledge	Elected on 2/1/1780. Served until 1782. Died of Typhus Fever in Philadelphia on 9/3/1779. Buried there. Served until 1779. Elected on 2/1/1780. Served until 1781. H. Laurens served as the President of the Cont. Congress from 11/1/77 to 12/9/78. Elected 1778. Served until late 1781. Elected 1781. Served until 1782. Elected 2/1/1780. Served until 1782. Elected 1781. Served until 1783 Elected on 9/3/1779, but never took his seat.
The Articles of Confederation were ratified on February 2, 1781, to be effective on March 1, 1781, and this group became known as the Confederation Congress.

Confederation Congress
Location	Dates	SC Delegates	Comments
Philadelphia, PA	March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783	Thomas Bee Richard Beresford Nicholas Eveleigh John Lewis Gervais Ralph Izard, Jr. Arthur Middleton John Mathews Isaac Motte David Ramsay John Rutledge Jacob Read	Served into 1782 Elected 3/15/1783. Served thru 1784. Elected 1781. Served until 1782. Elected 1782. Served until 1783. Served until 1783. POW at Fall of Charleston. Exchanged 7/1781 in Philadelphia. Retook his seat. Served into late 1782. Served until 1782. Served until 1783 Elected on 1/31/82. Served until 9/30/83. Elected 2/13/1783. Served until 1785.
Princeton, NJ	June 30, 1783 to November 4,1783	Richard Beresford John Lewis Gervais Ralph Izard, Jr. David Ramsay Jacob Read John Rutledge	Served thru 6/3/1784. Served until 1783. Served until 1783. Served until 1783. Elected 2/13/1783. Served until 1785. Served until 9/30/1783.
Annapolis, MD	November 26, 1783 to June 3, 1784	Richard Beresford John Bull Charles Pinckney Jacob Read	Served thru 6/3/1784. Elected 3/9/1784. Served until 1787. Elected 3/23/1784. Served until 1787. Elected 2/13/1783. Served until 1785.
Trenton, NJ	November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784	John Bull Charles Pinckney Jacob Read	Served until 1787. Served until 1787. Elected 2/13/1783. Served until 1785.
New York, NY	January 11, 1785 to November 4, 1785	John Bull John Kean Charles Pinckney David Ramsay Jacob Read	Served untuil 1787. Elected in 1785. Served until 1787. Served until 1787. Elected 2/21/1785. Served until May of 1786. Elected 2/13/1783. Served until 1785.
New York, NY	November 7, 1785 to November 3, 1786	John Bull Daniel Huger John Parker, Jr. Charles Pinckney David Ramsay	Served until 1787. Elected 3/9/1786. Served until 1788. Elected in 1786. Served until 1788. Served until 1787. Served until May of 1786.
Philadelphia, PA	May 25, 1787 to September 27, 1787	John Bull Pierce Butler Nicholas Eveleigh Daniel Huger John Kean John Parker, Jr. Charles Pinckney Thomas Tudor Tucker	Served until 1787. Elected in March of 1787. Home in Fall of 1787. Elected 1/31/1788. Did not serve. Served until 1788. Served until 1787. Served until 1788. Served until 1787. Elected 3/23/1787. Served until 1788.
New York, NY	November 5, 1787 to October 21, 1788	Robert Gibbes Barnwell Daniel Huger John Parker, Jr. Thomas Tudor Tucker	Elected in 1788, did not attend. Served until 1788. Served until 1788. Served until 1788
New York, NY	March 2, 1789	Only one person showed up - from New York.