Republican Politician who represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797. He was also notably a delegate at the SC Constitutional Convention.
He fought in the American Revolutionary War.
He helped ratify the U.S. constitution.
He grew up in a political family with a cousin and an uncle who also served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
He worked in Congress during the Presidency of George Washington.
