John Ewing Colhoun (1749 – October 26 1802) was a United States Senator and lawyer from South Carolina.Colhoun was born in Staunton Virginia where he attended common schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1774. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1778 to 1800. He studied to be a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in 1783 commencing practice in Charleston South Carolina.
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1749-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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Staunton Virginia, Colony of Virginia, United States
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