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Robert Witherspoon (January 29 1767 – October 11 1837) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina great-great-grandfather of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill.Witherspoon was born near Kingstree South Carolina as the son of a Scots-Irish father Robert Witherspoon (1728–1778) who was born in County Down Northern Ireland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His mother was Elizabeth Heathly Witherspoon (1740–1820) who was born in South Carolina.

active years end date
1794-05-12, 1804-05-16, 1808-06-29, 1811-03-03
active years start date
1792-11-26, 1802-11-22, 1806-11-24, 1809-03-04
birth date
1767-01-29
birth place
Kingstree South Carolina
death date
1837-10-11
death place
Mayesville South Carolina
governor
John Drayton
office
Treasurer of South Carolina, Member of the South Carolina Senate from Claremont District, Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Williamsburg District
party
Democratic-Republican Party
profession
Plantations in the American South, Politician
region
South Carolina, South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
successor
Stephen Decatur Miller, David Rogerson Williams

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