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  • Thomas Sumter
  • Thomas Sumter
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  • Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was a soldier in the Virginia militia, planter, brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American Revolution, and politician. He was later repeatedly elected to the United States House of Representatives and to the United States Senate, where he served from 1801-1810, when he retired. He was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" for his attack on British soldiers after they burned down his house during the American Revolutionary War and his fierce fighting style.
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Office
  • United States Senator
  • Member of the
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • from South Carolina
  • from South Carolina's 4th district
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serviceyears
  • South Carolina state militia: 1776-1781
  • Virginia provincial militia: 1755
term start
  • 1789-03-04
  • 1797-03-04
  • 1801-12-15
Birth Date
  • 1734-08-14
Commands
  • Second Regiment of the South Carolina Line
Branch
  • South Carolina state militia
  • Virginia provincial militia
death place
  • near Stateburg, South Carolina
Name
  • Thomas Sumter
Caption
  • Portrait c. 1795 by Rembrandt Peale
Birth Place
  • Hanover County Province of Virginia
Title
term end
  • 1793-03-04
  • 1801-12-15
  • 1810-12-16
death date
  • 1832-06-01
Rank
  • 15
Image size
  • 200
Class
  • 2
Battles
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alongside
Years
  • 1801
  • --11-14
After
State
  • South Carolina
Predecessor
abstract
  • Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was a soldier in the Virginia militia, planter, brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American Revolution, and politician. He was later repeatedly elected to the United States House of Representatives and to the United States Senate, where he served from 1801-1810, when he retired. He was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" for his attack on British soldiers after they burned down his house during the American Revolutionary War and his fierce fighting style.
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