Daniel Elliott Huger
Daniel Elliott Huger (born June 28, 1779 in Charleston , South Carolina , † August 21, 1854 on Sullivan's Island , South Carolina) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of South Carolina in the US Senate .
Daniel Elliott Huger was the son of Daniel Huger , who served on the Continental Congress and House of Representatives of the United States for South Carolina . Born on the Limerick Plantation in Berkeley County , he received a classical education in Charleston and then attended the College of New Jersey , later Princeton University , where he graduated in 1798. He then studied law , was inducted into the bar in 1799 and began practicing as a lawyer in Charleston.
Huger held his first political mandate from 1804 to 1819 as a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . In 1814 he served as brigadier general of the state militia. From 1819 to 1830 he worked as a judge at a district court before he was a member of the South Carolina Senate until 1832 and again from 1838 to 1842 . In the course of the nullification crisis , Huger took part in his state's nullification convention in 1832, but represented an oppositional opinion on the doctrine propagated there .
After the resignation of US Senator John C. Calhoun , Huger won the by-election for his mandate and entered Congress on March 3, 1843 . There he was one of the State Rights Democrats , that part of the democratic faction that campaigned for the rights of the individual states. He remained in the Senate until his own resignation on March 3, 1845. In 1852 he made his last political appearance as a delegate to an assembly for the rights of the individual states. Huger died two years later and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston.
Web links
- Daniel Elliott Huger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Daniel Elliott Huger in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Huger, Daniel Elliott |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1779 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Charleston , South Carolina |
DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1854 |
Place of death | Sullivan's Island , South Carolina |