Wilson Nesbitt

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Wilson T. Nesbitt (born 1781 in Spartanburg , South Carolina , † May 13, 1861 in Montgomery , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wilson Nesbitt attended the public schools of his home country and studied in 1805 and 1806 at South Carolina College in Columbia , which later became the University of South Carolina . He then worked in agriculture. He also ran an iron foundry.

Politically, Nesbitt became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1810 and 1814 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Thomas Moore on March 4, 1817 . Until March 3, 1819, he had only one term in Congress .

He later moved to Alabama, where he spent the rest of his life. Wilson Nesbitt is no longer politically active. He died in Montgomery on May 13, 1861.

Web links

  • Wilson Nesbitt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Nesbitt, Wilson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nesbitt, Wilson T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Spartanburg , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1861
Place of death Montgomery , Alabama