Benjamin Huger (congressman)

Benjamin Huger (* 1768 in Charleston, South Carolina, † July 7, 1823 in Georgetown, South Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1799 and 1805, and again from 1815 to 1817, he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Huger received a good basic education and then became active in rice cultivation. At Waccamaw River, he ran a corresponding plantation. Since 1796, he has been politically active as a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton. Between 1796 and 1798 he was a member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina.

In 1798 he was selected in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he entered on March 4, 1799, the successor of Lemuel Benton. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1805 three legislative periods. In this period the capital to Washington DC was laid. 1803, the territory of the United States was greatly enhanced by the Louisiana Purchase by President Thomas Jefferson, in 1804, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted.

Between 1806 and 1813 Huger was again a deputy in the Parliament of his country. In the congressional elections of 1814 he was again elected to Congress for the legislative period between 4 March 1815 and 3 March 1817. From 1818 to 1823 he sat in the Senate of South Carolina, which he was president 1819-1822. Benjamin Huger died on July 7, 1823 on his plantation near Georgetown.