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 midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...

, serving two terms from 1792 to 1794. He laid the cornerstone of the Charleston Orphan House, one of the city's most notable buildings, on November 12, 1792. Before the Revolutionary War, he had been a member of the Commons House of Assembly and a member of the Council of Safety, the group that organized revolutionary movements in Charleston. The location of Huger's estate, Hagan Plantation, was included in an almost 5,000 acre conservation easement.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huger, John Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina 18th-century mayors of places in South Carolina