Thomas Lowndes (congressman)

Thomas Lowndes ( born January 22, 1766 Charleston, South Carolina, † July 8, 1843 ) was an American politician. Between 1801 and 1805 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Lowndes came from an illustrious family of politicians. His father Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) was Governor of South Carolina. His brother William (1782-1822) was of 1811-1822 also the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives. Thomas initially enjoyed a private education in his parents' house. He attended grammar schools in Charleston. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1789 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Charleston.

Politically Lowndes was a member of the Federalist Party. Between 1792 and 1799 he was a member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina. In 1800, he was the first electoral district of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Pinckney on March 4, 1801. After a re-election in 1802 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1805 two legislative sessions. In this time of the investment made by President Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase fell. In 1804, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted.

In the elections of 1804 Lowndes lost to Robert Marion of the Democratic- Republican Party. 1808 failed another candidacy for Congress. After he retired from politics and managed his lands. Among other things, he owned the Oaklands plantation. Thomas Lowndes died on 8 July 1843 in his hometown of Charleston.