John S. Cogdell Explained

Office:5th Comptroller General
Governor:John Geddes
Thomas Bennett, Jr.
Term Start:1819
Term End:1821
Predecessor:Robert Creswell
Successor:Thomas Lee
Party:Democratic-Republican

John Stevens Cogdell was an American sculptor who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was also a lawyer and public official, and was a member of the city's St. Cecilia Society. He served as Comptroller General of South Carolina. In 1827, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.

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