Thomas De Lage Sumter
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Thomas De Lage Sumter (November 14, 1809 - July 2, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, grandson of Thomas Sumter.
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Sumter attended the common schools at Edgehill, near Stateburg, South Carolina. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1835. He entered the United States Army as first lieutenant the same year and served until 1841, attaining the rank of colonel. He engaged in the war against the Seminole Indians. He moved to Stateburg, South Carolina.
Sumter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for renomination. He engaged in teaching, surveying, and agricultural pursuits. Connected as agent with the South Carolina Railroad Co.. He died on his plantation, "South Mount," near Stateburg, South Carolina, July 2, 1874. He was interred in the private burial ground on his estate.
