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Benjamin Huger was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born at or near Charleston in 1768 he pursued an academic course and engaged in the cultivation of rice on the Waccamaw River. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1798 and was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Seventh and Eighth Congresses serving from March 4 1799 to March 3 1805.

active years end date
1805-03-03, 1817-03-03
active years start date
1799-03-04, 1815-03-04
birth date
1768-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Charleston County South Carolina
death date
1823-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1823-07-07
death place
Georgetown South Carolina
governor
Andrew Pickens (governor), John Geddes (politician), Thomas Bennett Jr.
office
President of the South Carolina Senate, Member of the South Carolina Senate from All Saints Parish, Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Prince George's Winyah Parish
party
Federalist Party
profession
Plantations in the American South, Politician
region
South Carolina, South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
successor
David Rogerson Williams, James Ervin (politician)

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