Huger, Daniel, 1742-1799

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Daniel Huger (February 20, 1742 – July 6, 1799) was an American planter and statesman from Berkeley County, South Carolina.

Born on Limerick, his family's plantation in Berkeley County in the Province of South Carolina, Huger was educated at home and in the schools of Charleston, South Carolina and England. Getting involved with politics, he served as a member of colonial assembly from 1773 to 1775, as a justice of the peace in 1775, a member of the State House of Representatives from 1778 to 1780, and a member of the Governor's council in 1780. Huger was a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and a United States Representative from 1789 to 1793. He retired from Congress after his second term and engaged in the management of his extensive estates.

Huger died in Charleston and was interred in the western churchyard of Charleston's St. Philip's Church with a memorial tablet in the Huguenot church there.

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creatorOf Huger, Daniel, 1742-1799. Letter, [1780] June 16, Col[onel Elias?] Ball, at Good Will on Wateree River, S.C. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Berkeley County SC US
Charleston SC US
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African Americans
American loyalists
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Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
Justices of the peace
Plantation owners
Representatives, U.S. Congress
State Representative
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Birth 1742-02-20

Death 1799-07-06

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