Benjamin Huger (1768July 7, 1823) was an American farmer and politician who served as a

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from

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, serving three terms from 1799 to 1805, and a fourth term from 1815 to 1817.

Biography

Born at or near Charleston in the

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in 1768, he pursued an academic course and engaged in the cultivation of rice on the

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Elected office

He was a member of the

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from 1796 to 1798, and was elected as a

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to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805. He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1806 to 1813, and was then elected to the Fourteenth U.S. Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817. He was a member of the

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from 1818 to 1823 and served as its president from 1819 to 1822.

Death

He died on his estate on Waccamaw River, near

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; interment was in All Saints' Churchyard.

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