Benjamin Huger (congressman) explained

Benjamin Huger
Image Name:Benjamin Huger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675938.jpg
Birth Place:Charleston County, Province of South Carolina, British America
Death Place:near Georgetown, South Carolina, U.S.
Office1:President of the South Carolina Senate
Term1:November 23, 1818  - December 20, 1821
Governor1:Andrew Pickens
John Geddes
Thomas Bennett, Jr.
Predecessor1:John Lyde Wilson
Successor1:Jacob B. I'On
Office2:Member of the South Carolina Senate from All Saints Parish
Term2:November 23, 1818  - July 7, 1823
Predecessor2:Francis Kinloch Huger
Successor2:William Amis Dillard Bryan
Office5:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Prince George's, Winyah Parish
Term7:November 28, 1796  - December 16, 1797
Term6:November 24, 1806  - August 29, 1812
Term5:November 15, 1813  - December 24, 1813
State3:South Carolina
District3:3rd
Term Start4:March 4, 1799
Term End4:March 3, 1805
Predecessor4:Lemuel Benton
Successor4:David R. Williams
Term Start3:March 4, 1815
Term End3:March 3, 1817
Predecessor3:Theodore Gourdin
Party:Federalist
Profession:planter, politician

Benjamin Huger (1768July 7, 1823) was an American farmer and politician who served as a United States representative from South Carolina, serving three terms from 1799 to 1805, and a fourth term from 1815 to 1817.

Biography

Born at or near Charleston in the Province of South Carolina in 1768, he pursued an academic course and engaged in the cultivation of rice on the Waccamaw River.

Elected office

He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1798, and was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805.

He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1806 to 1813, and was then elected to the Fourteenth U.S. Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817.

He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1818 to 1823 and served as its president from 1819 to 1822.

Death

He died on his estate on Waccamaw River, near Georgetown, South Carolina; interment was in All Saints' Churchyard.