Daniel Elliott Huger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daniel Elliott Huger

American politician

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1779

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1854

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Daniel Elliott Huger

  • Daniel Elliott Huger (June 28, 1779 – August 21, 1854) was a United States Senator from South Carolina.
  • Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County (near Charleston), his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S.
  • Representative from South Carolina.
  • Daniel Elliott pursued classical studies in Charleston and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1798.
  • He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1799, beginning practice in Charleston.
  • In 1800 he married Isabella Johannes Middleton-daughter of Declaration of Independence signer Arthur Middleton.
  • He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1804 to 1819 and from 1830 to 1832, and was a brigadier general of State troops in 1814.
  • He was judge of the circuit court from 1819 to 1830, and was a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1838 to 1842.
  • He was an opposition member of the State nullification convention in 1832. Huger was elected as a State Rights Democrat to the U.S.
  • Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John C.
  • Calhoun and served from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1845, when he resigned.
  • He was a delegate to the state-rights convention in 1852, where he urged moderation.
  • Huger died on Sullivan's Island; interment was in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston.
  • A son was Colonel John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) whose son married a daughter of CS General Leonidas Polk (who was related by marriage to US Presidents Andrew Jackson and James Knox Polk.
  • Daniel Elliott Huger's grandson-in-law was CS General Arthur Middleton Manigault. In 1818, he bought the Daniel Elliott Huger House in Charleston.

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