GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from
South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 16, 1723; attended schools in
England; employed in a commercial house in Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745;
delegate to the Stamp Act Congress that met in New York in 1765; Member of the
First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pa., 1774-1776; served as an officer
in the Continental Army 1776-1783, and participated in the defense of Charleston
in 1780; entered the service as colonel and subsequently attained the rank of
brigadier general; was a framer of the State constitution in 1778; Lieutenant
Governor 1778-1780; elected Governor of South Carolina in 1781, but declined;
died in Charleston, S.C., September 15, 1805; interment in St. Philip’s
Churchyard.. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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