Thomas De Lage Sumter

Thomas De Lage Sumter ( born November 14, 1809 in German Town, Pennsylvania, † July 2, 1874 at State, South Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Sumter was a son of the diplomat Thomas Sumter Jr. (1768-1840) and a grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas Sumter ( 1734-1832 ). He attended the public schools in Edge Hill near Stateburg. He then completed until 1835, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (New York). Until 1841, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army. He was also used in the Seminole War.

After his military service, he became owner and operator of the plantation "South Mount" near Stateburg. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1838 he was in the seventh constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Rhett on March 4, 1839. This district he represented until March 3, 1841 in Congress. In the 1842 elections, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives again for the eighth district. He was the successor of James Rogers. During his time in Congress, the issue of a possible annexation since 1836 the independent Republic of Mexico Texas was controversial. Sumter was the last Congressman of the eighth constituency of South Carolina because of these was subsequently disbanded.

1842 Thomas Sumter was a candidate in any other constituency for his whereabouts in Congress. In the following years he worked back to his plantation. He also worked as a teacher and surveyor. In addition, he rose as an employee of the South Carolina Railroad Co. also in the railroad business a. Thomas Sumter died on July 2, 1874 at his plantation Stateburg.

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