Governor of the State of South Carolina




Henry Middleton
13th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1810 to 1812

Date Born: September 28, 1770				Date Died: June 14, 1846
Place Born: London, England				Place Buried: Middleton Place near Charleston, SC
Residence: Charleston, SC				Occupation: Planter, Politician

Tutored in the classics at his family's plantation, Middleton Place; also studied for a year in England (returned to Charleston in 1787) South Carolina House of Representatives, 1802-1810 South Carolina Senate, 1810 US House of Representatives, 1815-1819 US Minister to Russia, 1820-1830 Middleton's grandfather, also named Henry Middleton, was the second president of the Continental Congress from October 22, 1774 through October 26, 1774. Middleton's father Arthur – also a member of the Continental Congress – signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Middleton, Henry, (son of Arthur Middleton and grandson of Henry Middleton [1717-1784]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in London, England, September 28, 1770; his parents, then traveling in Europe, returned a year later to South Carolina; pursued classical studies with tutors at his father’s estate, “Middleton Place,” near Charleston, S.C., with a year in England; returned to America after his father’s death in 1787; later returned to England and resided at Clifton, Gloucestershire, until his return to Charleston in 1800; engaged in planting in South Carolina; member of the State house of representatives 1802-1810; elected to the State senate 1810; elected Governor of South Carolina in December 1810 and served until December 1812; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1818; Minister to Russia from April 6, 1820, to August 3, 1830; leader of the Union Party of South Carolina and vice president of the Union Convention in 1833; retired to private life; died in Charleston, S.C., June 14, 1846; interment in the family mausoleum at “Middleton Place,” near Charleston, S.C.

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