William F. Colcock

William Ferguson Colcock (born November 5, 1804 in Beaufort , South Carolina , †  June 13, 1889 in McPhersonville , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Colcock first attended Hulburt's School in Charleston . He then studied until 1823 at South Carolina College in Columbia , which later became the University of South Carolina . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1825, he began in Coosawhatchie in Jasper County to practice in his new profession. At the same time he also worked as a planter .

Politically, Colcock became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1830 and 1847 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . There he also experienced the nullification crisis between his home state and the federal government under President Andrew Jackson in 1833 . In the congressional election of 1849 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Robert Rhett on March 4, 1849 . After re-election in 1850, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1853 , which were determined by the discussions about slavery .

Between 1850 and 1853, Colcock was also on the board of directors of the Smithsonian Institution . From 1853 to 1865 he was in charge of customs in the port of Charleston. He served the federal government in Washington until 1861 and then the Confederate States . In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, where John C. Breckinridge was nominated for the presidential candidate of the Southern Democrats. After 1865 Colcock returned to work as a lawyer. He died on June 13, 1889.

Web links

• William F. Colcock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• William F. Colcock in the database of Find a Grave (English)