Thomas D. Singleton

Thomas Day Singleton ( * in Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina, † November 25, 1833 in Raleigh, North Carolina ) was an American politician. In 1833, he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

The date of birth of Thomas Singleton is unknown. He attended the common schools and then began a career in politics. Between 1826 and 1833 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from South Carolina. There he represented the short-lived, brought to life by John C. Calhoun Nullifier Party. These stood up for the rights of the individual states against the federal government. Moreover, this party was of the opinion of the State of South Carolina could put federal laws on its territory except force. This led to Nullifikationskrise with the run of President Andrew Jackson Federal Government.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Singleton was in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1833, to succeed Thomas R. Mitchell. Singleton died before the first meeting of the new Congress on the way to Washington in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. He was buried at the Congress Cemetery in Washington.