Abraham Nott

Abraham Nott (born February 5, 1768 in Saybrook , Middlesex County , Colony of Connecticut , †  June 19, 1830 in Fairfield , South Carolina ) was an American politician . From 1799 to 1801 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abraham Nott enjoyed a private education in his youth. He then studied at Yale College until 1787 . In 1788 he moved to McIntosh County , Georgia . There he worked as a teacher for a year before moving to Camden , South Carolina in 1789 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1791, he began to work in Union in his new profession.

Politically, Nott became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . From 1796 to 1797 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1798 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the sixth constituency of South Carolina, where he succeeded William Smith on March 4, 1799 . Until March 3, 1801, however, he only completed one legislative period in Congress , which during this time moved into his new domicile in the newly founded federal capital Washington, DC .

After serving in the House of Representatives, Abraham Nott worked as a lawyer in Columbia . In 1805 he became a curator of the University of South Carolina . In 1807 he was director and thus de facto mayor of Columbia. From 1810, Nott was a judge on the South Carolina Circuit Court . He held this office until his death. From 1824 he was also the presiding judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Abraham Nott died in Fairfield on June 19, 1830. He was buried in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina.

His son Josiah C. Nott (1804–1873) was a doctor and racial theorist.

Web links

• Abraham Nott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abraham Nott in the database of Find a Grave (English)