Richard Winn

Richard Winn (* 1750 in Fauquier County , Colony of Virginia , † December 19, 1818 in Maury County , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1797 and again in the years 1802 to 1813 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives . From 1800 to 1802 he was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.

Career

Richard Winn's exact date of birth is unknown. He grew up during the British colonial era and attended public schools in his home country. In 1768 he came to Fairfield County in South Carolina via Georgia . There he worked as an employee at an accounting firm. He also got into the cotton trade and other businesses. Winn also worked as a surveyor at times.

During the War of Independence he was an officer in the Continental Army . After the war, Winn became a major general in the South Carolina Militia. Between 1779 and 1786 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1788 he was primarily concerned with the Cherokee Nation as the Indian affairs commissioner. Winn was a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by the later US President Thomas Jefferson . In 1792 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Philadelphia as their candidate in the fourth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Thomas Sumter on March 4, 1793 . After a re-election in 1794, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1797 . During this time the 11th amendment to the constitution was passed. In 1800, Winn was elected lieutenant governor of the state of South Carolina by the state legislature alongside John Drayton . He held this office between December 4, 1800 and December 1802. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate .

After the resignation of the Member of Parliament Thomas Sumter on December 15, 1801 , Richard Winn was re-elected to the Congress, which was now in Washington, DC when the by-election was due . There he ended the current legislative period between January 24 and March 3, 1803. In the regular congressional election of 1802 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the fifth district of South Carolina. There he took over on March 4, 1803, the seat of Parliament previously held by William Butler . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1813. During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson and the start of the British-American War of 1812 fell . In 1804 the 12th Amendment to the Constitution came into force.

After serving in the House of Representatives, Richard Winn moved to Tennessee. There he became a planter . At the same time he remained active in the trade. He died on December 19, 1818 on his plantation near the Duck River and was buried in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

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SURNAME	Winn, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1750
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fauquier County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	December 19, 1818
Place of death	Maury County , Tennessee