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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas De Lage Sumter |
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Statesburg, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 14, 1809
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| Died | July 02, 1874
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SUMTER, Thomas De Lage, (grandson of Thomas Sumter), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Germantown, Pa., November 14, 1809; attended the common schools at Edgehill, near Stateburg, S.C.; was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1835; entered the United States Army as first lieutenant the same year and served until 1841, attaining the rank of colonel; engaged in the war against the Seminole Indians; moved to Stateburg, S.C.; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for renomination; engaged in teaching, surveying, and agricultural pursuits; connected as agent with the South Carolina Railroad Co.; died on his plantation, “South Mount,” near Stateburg, S.C., July 2, 1874; interment in the private burial ground on his estate.
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