Huger is a surname of

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origin. It may refer to: Five brothers from a prominent

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

family of

Huguenot The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...

descent who served in the American Revolution: *

Benjamin Huger (American Revolution) Benjamin Huger (c. 1746 – 11 May 1779) was one of five Huger brothers from South Carolina who served in the American Revolutionary War. Huger became a close friend of LaFayette, having met him upon his arrival near Georgetown in 1777, and his ...

, killed near Charleston *

Daniel Huger Daniel Huger (February 20, 1742July 6, 1799) was an Americans, American slaveholder, planter and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Berkeley County, South Carolina from 1789 to 1793. Early life ...

, member of the Continental Congress and United States Congress * Isaac Huger, a Continental Army officer, Continental Congressman and United States Marshal *

John Huger John Huger was the sixth intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midp ...

(1744–1804), mayor of Charleston And their descendants: * Benjamin Huger (congressman), a United States Representative from South Carolina *

Francis Kinloch Huger Francis Kinloch Huger (September 17, 1773 – February 14, 1855), a trained physician and artillery officer, was a scion of the Huger family of South Carolina. A member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina Senate, h ...

, a physician and artillery officer *

Benjamin Huger (general) Benjamin Huger (November 22, 1805 – December 7, 1877) was a regular officer in the United States Army, who served with distinction as chief of ordnance in the Mexican–American War and in the American Civil War, as a Confederate States Army, ...

, a United States Army and Confederate Army officer from South Carolina *

Daniel Elliott Huger Daniel Elliott Huger (June 28, 1779August 21, 1854) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County (near Charleston), his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S. Representativ ...

, a United States Representative from South Carolina * Thomas B. Huger, a United States Navy and Confederate Navy officer from South Carolina

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