George Swinton Legaré
George Swinton Legaré | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – January 31, 1913 | |
Preceded by | William Elliott |
Succeeded by | Richard S. Whaley |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rockville, South Carolina | November 11, 1869
Died |
January 31, 1913 43) Charleston, South Carolina | (aged
Resting place | Charleston, South Carolina |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater |
University of South Carolina Georgetown University |
Profession | lawyer |
George Swinton Legaré (November 11, 1869 – January 31, 1913) was a politician from South Carolina; born in Rockville, S.C. Shortly after birth moved to Charleston, S.C. At Charleston, he graduated from the Porter Military Academy, now the exclusive Porter-Gaud School, in 1889. He then attended the law department of the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years; was graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1893. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced a legal practice in Charleston, S.C. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1903, until his death, before the close of the Sixty-second Congress; had been reelected to the Sixty-third Congress. His death was in Charleston, S.C., January 31, 1913; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
See also
Sources
- United States Congress. "George Swinton Legaré (id: L000219)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- George S. Legare, late a representative from South Carolina, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1914
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U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by William Elliott |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district 1903-1913 |
Succeeded by Richard S. Whaley |