Wade Hampton III, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wade Hampton III

American soldier and politician

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1818

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1902

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was a Confederate States of America military officer during the American Civil War and politician from South Carolina.
He came from a wealthy planter family, and shortly before the war he was one of the largest slaveholders in the Southeast as well as a state legislator.
During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate cavalry, where he reached the rank of lieutenant general. At the end of Reconstruction, with the withdrawal of federal troops from the state, Hampton was leader of the Redeemers who restored white rule.
His campaign for governor was marked by extensive violence by the Red Shirts, a paramilitary group that served the Democratic Party by disrupting elections and suppressing black and Republican voting in the state.
He was elected Governor, serving 1876 to 1879.
After that, he served two terms as U.S.
Senator, from 1879 to 1891.