Thomas Gadsden

Thomas Gadsden ( 1757 - November 4, 1791 ) was an American officer in the Continental Army and a politician in the Province of South Carolina .

Career

Not much information has come down to us about Thomas Gadsden. He was the son of Brigadier General Christopher Gadsden . Thomas served in the First Regiment of South Carolina from December 1776 until the end of the American Revolutionary War . In autumn 1780 he held the rank of captain . After the war he was elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina. He held the position from February 20, 1787 to January 26, 1789. In this capacity he took part in the Convention of South Carolina, where on May 23, 1788 the US Constitutionhas been ratified. Thomas Gadsden died on November 4, 1791. When he died, he still had a large loan of several thousand dollars that his father took over and which he needed much of the 1790s to repay.

Individual notes

1. ^ Henry Laurens and David R. Chesnutt, Papers of Henry Laurens: Jan. 5, 1776-Nov. 1, 1777 , University of South Carolina Press, May 1988, ISBN 978-0872495166 , p. 100
2. ^ Bobby Gilmer Moss: Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution , Volume II, K – Z, Bentley Enterprises, 2009, ISBN 978-0806318141 , pp. 651 and 686
3. ↑ Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina 1730-2012 (Originally compiled by AS Salley, Jr., State Historian.) ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 32 kB) 
4. ^ Elliot's Debates: Volume 4 - Convention of South Carolina, May 23, 1788
5. ^ Daniel J. McDonough: Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laur: The Parallel Lives of Two American Patriots , Susquehanna Univ. Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1575910390 , p. 274