Robert McCaw

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Robert Gadsden McCaw (born December 28, 1821 in South Carolina , †  November 24, 1870 ) was an American politician . He was lieutenant governor of the state of South Carolina in 1864 and 1865 .

Career

Robert McCaw studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . He later ran a plantation in York County . He kept up to 135 slaves. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . He has served at various times in the South Carolina House of Representatives and on the State Senate . At the beginning of the civil war he served in the Confederation Army . He rose to the rank of colonel.

In 1864 McCaw was elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina alongside Andrew Gordon Magrath . He held this office between December 18, 1864 and May 25, 1865. He was Deputy Governor . His tenure was marked by the events of the Civil War, which was meanwhile also unfolding in South Carolina itself. The defeat of the Confederation eventually led to McCaw's premature loss of office. He was married to Belle Means Bratton (1824-1905), with whom he had seven children. Robert McCaw died on November 24, 1870 and was buried in York .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miner Descent: William McCaw Sr.
personal data
SURNAME McCaw, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCaw, Robert Gadsden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH South carolina
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1870