William F. De Saussure

William Ford De Saussure ( born February 22, 1792 in Charleston, South Carolina, † March 13, 1870 in Columbia, South Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.

William De Saussure was the son of Henry William DeSaussure, the second Director of the United States Mint. He took his degree in 1810 at Harvard University, then studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Charleston and then in Columbia. In 1847 he became a judge on the Court of Chancery of South Carolina.

The year before, he had become a deputy in the House of Representatives from South Carolina for the first time politically active. Following the resignation of U.S. Senator Robert Rhett from 10 May De Saussure then took a seat in Congress in 1852, its; he remained there after his victory in the election to March 3, 1853.

As a result, William De Saussure was an attorney in Columbia again. For many years he served there as a curator of the South Carolina College, later the University of South Carolina.