Thomas R. Mitchell Explained

Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell
Birth Date: May 1783
Birth Place:Georgetown, South Carolina
Death Place:Georgetown, South Carolina
State1:South Carolina
District1:3rd
Term Start3:March 4, 1821
Term End3:March 3, 1823
Predecessor3:James Ervin
Successor3:Robert B. Campbell
Term Start2:March 4, 1825
Term End2:March 3, 1829
Predecessor2:Robert B. Campbell
Successor2:John Campbell
Term Start1:March 4, 1831
Term End1:March 3, 1833
Predecessor1:John Campbell
Successor1:Thomas Singleton
Office4:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Georgetown District
Term Start4:November 28, 1814
Term End4:December 18, 1819
Office5:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Horry District
Term5:November 29, 1809  - December 19, 1809
Party:Democratic-Republican
Otherparty:Jacksonian
Profession:lawyer, politician
Alma Mater:Harvard University

Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (May 1783November 2, 1837) was an early-19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Biography

Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, in May 1783, Mitchell graduated from Harvard University in 1802, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Georgetown, South Carolina.

State legislature

He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1809 and from 1814 to 1819.

Congress

Mitchell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress. He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress.

He was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831– March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.

Death

He died in Georgetown, South Carolina, November 2, 1837.