South Carolina During the Antebellum Period - The 24th General Assembly (1820-1821)




South Carolina During the Antebellum Period - 1801 to 1860

Members of the 24th General Assembly - 1820 to 1821
This General Assembly convened in two regular sessions, held from November 27th to December 20th in 1820, and held from November 26th to December 20th in 1821. Once again, some districts had an increase in the number of delegates, while some districts had a decrease in the number of delegates.
House of Representatives
Election District	Delegates
Abbeville District	Henry Johnson
	James Lomax
	Charles C. Mayson
	Patrick Noble**
	Alexander Speer
	Edmund Ware
All Saints Parish (in the Horry District & Georgetown District)	William A. Bull
Barnwell District	Willis Jennings Duncan
	James Daniel Erwin
	Angus Patterson
Chester District	William Anderson
	John Cherry
	William Woodward
Chesterfield District	Pleasant H. May
Chesterfield District	Christopher Butler Pegues
Christ Church Parish (in the Charleston District)	John Daniel Legare
Claremont District (in the Sumter District)	Thomas Dugan
	William Mayrant, Jr.
	James Rembert
Clarendon District (in the Sumter District)	John H. Ragin
Clarendon District (in the Sumter District)	William Smith
Darlington District	Timothy Dargan
	Daniel DuBose
	John Kolb McIver
Edgefield District	Daniel Bird
	Charles Bussey (1) / John Middleton (2)
	George Butler (3) / John Key (4)
	Sampson Butler
	Catlet Conner
	John Speed Jeter (5) / Simpson Wilson (6)
Fairfield District	James Barkley, Jr.
	William Bratton
	John B. McCall
	Philip Edward Pearson
Georgetown District (aka Prince George's, Winyah Parish)	Thomas Carr
	John F. Green (7) / Charles Huggins (8)
	John Alexander Keith
	Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell
Greenville District	Philemon Bradford
	Josiah Kilgore
	Banister Stone
Horry District	Richard Singleton
Kershaw District	John Boykin, Sr.
	Thomas Lang
	Joseph Patterson
Lancaster District	Robert M. Crockett
Lancaster District	Bartlet Jones
Laurens District	Joel Allen
	William Burnsides
	Robert Cunningham
	John Hunter
Lexington District	West Caughman
Lexington District	David Kaigler
Marion District	Nimrod Davis
Marion District	Jesse Ford
Marlboro District	James Gillespie
Marlboro District	James Murdock (9) / Charles Irby (10)
Newberry District	John Countz
	Abram Dyson
	Reuben Flanagan
	Benjamin Maybin
Orange Parish (in the Orangeburg District)	Andrew Robison Govan
Orange Parish (in the Orangeburg District)	David Kaigler
Pendleton District	William Anderson
	John Ewing Calhoun
	Benjamin Dickson
	Samuel A. Easley
	Benjamin Franklin Perry
	Samuel Warren
Prince William's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	John DeLoach (11) / Jacob G. Bowers (12)
Prince William's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	William Joyner (13)
Richland District	John Howell
	David Myers
	Benjamin Franklin Taylor
St. Andrew's Parish (in the Colleton District)	John Rivers
St. Bartholomew's Parish (in the Colleton District)	John Lingard Hunger
	Henry William Rice
	William Singleton
	William N. Thompson
St. George's, Dorchester Parish (in the Colleton District)	Charles Benjamin Ladson
St. Helena's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	Archibald Calder Baynard
St. Helena's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	John Fripp
St. James, Goose Creek Parish (in the Charleston District)	Joseph Mims
St. James, Santee Parish (in the Charleston District)	Charles John Steedman
St. John's, Berkeley Parish (in the Charleston District)	William Cain
St. John's, Berkeley Parish (in the Charleston District)	Theodore Louis Gourdin (14) / Daniel Cain (15)
St. John's, Colleton Parish (in the Colleton District)	Hugh Swinton Legare
St. John's, Colleton Parish (in the Colleton District)	Edward Mitchell
St. Luke's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	James Bolan
St. Luke's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	Thomas Edward Screven
St. Matthew's Parish (in the Orangeburg District)	Thomas Lehre, Jr.
St. Paul's Parish (in the Colleton District)	Gabriel Henry Manigault
St. Paul's Parish (in the Colleton District)	William Skirving Smith
St. Peter's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	William Maner
St. Peter's Parish (in the Beaufort District)	John Tyson
St. Philip's & St. Michael's Parish (in the Charleston District)	Francis Allston Deliessine
	Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin
	John Gadsden (16) / Joshua Washington Toomer (17)
	James Hamilton, Jr.
	Benjamin Faneuil Hunt
	Matthew Irvine Keith
	Thomas Lee (18) / Henry Izard (19)
	Simon Magwood
	Jacob F. Mintzing
	Henry Laurens Pinckney
	Samuel Prioleau
	David Ramsay (27)
	William Rouse, Sr.
	Edward Peter Simons
	William Smith, Jr.
	John Strokecker
St. Stephen's Parish (in the Charleston District)	Thomas Palmer, Jr.
St. Thomas's & St. Dennis's Parish (in the Charleston District)	Francis Dallas Quash
Spartanburg District	John Dodd
	John T. Earle
	William Reid
	Eber Smith
Union District	Nathaniel Gist
	Elijah Dawkins
	Daniel Thomas
Williamsburg District	Thomas Port Davis (20) / Samuel R. Mouzon (21)
Williamsburg District	William Salters
York District	George Ross
	John Thompson
	Thomas Williams
Senate
Election District	Delegates
Abbeville District	Joseph Black
All Saints Parish	Benjamin Huger***
Barnwell District	Lewis Malone Ayer
Chester District	John Dunovant
Chesterfield District	John Lowry
Christ Church Parish	Jacob Bond I'On
Claremont District	Charles Miller (22) / Robert Witherspoon (23)
Clarendon District	Evan Benbow
Darlington District	Rasha Cannon
Edgefield District	John Sellard Glascock
Fairfield District	Samuel Johnston
Georgetown District	John Lyde Wilson
Greenville District	Thomas Benson
Horry District	Henry Durant
Kershaw District	James Sutherland Deas
Lancaster District	John Montgomery
Laurens District	Benjamin James
Lexington District	Alexander Boling Stark
Marion District	Alexander Gregg
Marlboro District	Robertson Carloss
Newberry District	John King Griffin
Orange Parish	George Gilmore Salley
Pendleton District	Samuel Henry Dickson
Prince William's Parish	Gresham Smyth (24)
Richland District	John Taylor
St. Andrew's Parish	William Cattell
St. Bartholomew's Parish	Isham Walker
St. George's, Dorchester Parish	Joseph Koger, Jr.
St. Helena's Parish	William Elliott
St. James, Goose Creek Parish	John Norvelle Davis
St. James, Santee Parish	James Edward Jerman (24)
St. John's, Berkeley Parish	Daniel James Ravenel
St. John's, Colleton Parish	Benjamin Reynolds
St. Luke's Parish	Stephen Royer Proctor (24)
St. Matthew's Parish	William Jones Myddleton
St. Paul's Parish	John Ramsay
St. Peter's Parish	Benjamin Thompson
St. Philip's & St. Michael's Parish	Thomas Bennett, Jr. (25) / William Crafts, Jr. (26) Philip Moser
St. Stephen's Parish	Theodore Gourdin
St. Thomas's & St. Dennis's Parish	Alfred Huger
Spartanburg District	Isaac Smith
Union District	James McKibben
Williamsburg District	James Campbell
York District	Robert Clendenin
* Declined to serve.
** Patrick Noble was elected Speaker of the House. Robert Anderson was elected as Clerk.
*** James Reid Pringle was elected President of the Senate. He later resigned upon his appointment as a U.S. Collector at the port of Charleston prior to the second session. Benjamin Huger was then elected as President of the Senate on November 22, 1819. William Dickinson Martin was elected as Clerk.
(1) Election was protested by John Middleton, and a new election was ordered.
(2) Elected in a special election, qualified on 11/26/1821.
(3) George Butler died on September 18, 1821.
(4) Elected to replace George Butler, qualified on 11/27/1821.
(5) Elected as Solicitor of the Southern Circuit of SC on December 7, 1820, had to give up his seat in the House.
(6) Elected to replace John Speed Jeter, qualified on 11/26/1821.
(7) Election was protested by Charles Huggins, and a new election was ordered.
(8) Elected in a special election, qualified on 11/28/1821.
(9) James Murdock died in 1820.
(10) Elected to replace James Murdock, qualified on 12/16/1820.
(11) Elected as Tax Collector for the Prince William District on December 1, 1821.
(12) Elected to replace John DeLoach, qualified on 11/27/1821.
(13) Elected as Tax Collector for the St. Helena's District on December 4, 1821.
(14) Elected as Tax Collector for St. John's, Berkeley District on December 1, 1820, had to give up his seat.
(15) Elected to replace Theodore Louis Gourdin, qualified on 11/29/1821.
(16) Elected in the general election of 1820, but accepted an appointment as U.S. Attorney before the general assembly first met, promulgating a special election.
(17) Elected to replace John Gadsden, qualified on 12/16/1820.
(18) Appointed as Comptroller General of SC on June 4, 1821, promulgating a special election.
(19) Elected to replace Thomas Lee, qualified on 11/27/1821.
(20) Election protested by Samuel R. Mouzon, and a special election was ordered.
(21) Elected in a special election, qualified on 11/26/1821.
(22) Charles Miller died on August 18, 1821.
(23) Elected to replace Charles Miller, qualified on 11/27/1821.
(24) No evidence that he attended the second session.
(25) Elected Governor of South Carolina on December 7, 1820, had to give up his seat in the Senate.
(26) Elected to replace Thomas Bennett, Jr., qualified on 11/27/1821.
(27) Elected as Treasurer of the Lower Division of SC on December 4, 1821.

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