Date Died: November 27, 1822

Place Buried: Charleston, SC

Occupation: Planter, Author

College of New Jersey - 1779

College of South Carolina (now the University of South Carolina) - 1807

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1792-1798

Lieutenant Governor, 1798-1800

South Carolina Senate, 1805-1808

US District Court Judge, 1812-1822

On December 4, 1800, Drayton served several months as governor prior to the election of 1800 upon succeeding to office at the death of Edward Rutledge. He was then elected to his first full term by the South Carolina General Assembly by secret ballot.

On December 8, 1808, the South Carolina General Assembly elected Drayton for his second term as governor by secret ballot.

Drayton authored "A View of South Carolina, as Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns and Memoirs of the American Revolution from its Commencement to the Year 1776."

The auditorium at the University of South Carolina's Wardlaw College was named for Governor Drayton

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