Joseph Bellinger

Joseph Bellinger (born 1773 in Ashepoo , Colleton County , Province of South Carolina , † January 10, 1830 in Charleston , South Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Bellinger was born on his family's plantation ; his exact date of birth is not known. He later became a planter on his own Aeolian Lawn plantation. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . Between 1802 and 1809 Bellinger was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina , from 1810 to 1813 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional election of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from John J. Chappell on March 4, 1817 . Since he refused to run again in the elections of 1818, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1819 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Bellinger withdrew from politics. He died on January 10, 1830 in Charleston and was buried in the family cemetery at Ashepoo.

Web links

• Joseph Bellinger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Bellinger in the database of Find a Grave (English)