Thomas D. Singleton Explained

Thomas Day Singleton
Birth Date:unknown
Birth Place:Kingstree, South Carolina
Death Date:November 25, 1833
Death Place:Raleigh, North Carolina
Resting Place:Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
State1:South Carolina
District1:3rd
Term Start1:March 4, 1833
Term End1:November 25, 1833
Predecessor1:Thomas R. Mitchell
Successor1:Robert B. Campbell
Office2:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Term2:1826-1833
Party:Nullifier

Thomas Day Singleton (Birth date unknown  - November 25, 1833) was a slaveowner[1] and United States representative from South Carolina. He was born near Kingstree, South Carolina but his birth date is unknown.

Singleton was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1826-1833. He was elected as a Nullifier to the Twenty-third Congress and served without having qualified, from March 3, 1833, until his death in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 25, 1833, while en route to Washington, D.C. He was buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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  1. Web site: Weil . Julie Zauzmer . Blanco . Adrian . Dominguez . Leo . More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. . 2023-02-20 . Washington Post . en.