Government and Law

For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained…

Merchant, financier. Trenholm was born on February 25, 1807, in Charleston, the son of William and Irene Trenholm. His father…

Writer, diplomat, historian. Trescot was born on November 10, 1822, in Charleston, the son of Henry Trescot and Sarah McCrady.…

Jurist, scholar. Trott was born in London on January 19, 1663. His father, Samuel Trott, was a London merchant, but…

Civic leader. Richard “Dick” Tukey was a crucial figure in the post–World War II economic development of the South Carolina…

Governor. Tynte was from a Somerset, England, family that had recently risen to a baronetcy, but neither his parents nor…

A pro-Union political organization, the Union and State Rights Party, developed in 1830 in response to calls for nullification of the federal tariff in South Carolina. Fearing that nullification would spawn secession, Unionists opposed the doctrine by running candidates for city offices in Charleston and for legislative seats throughout the state in 1830.

The party’s strategy was to run candidates for the General Assembly and local government in counties with black majority populations. The party ran candidates in the elections of 1970 and 1972.

In 2001 the institution celebrated a legacy of two hundred years of educating South Carolinians by dedicating itself to continued improvements in the quality of service it offers to the Palmetto State.

Following the war, Vanderhorst spent most of his time in Charleston. He operated a mercantile firm and came to own considerable property around the city.

In all, related to Vesey’s plan, the Charleston courts arrested 131 slaves and free blacks. Thirty were released without trial.

According to the United States Justice Department, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, may be the most significant civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress.

The Wanderer was a schooner built in New York and initially intended to be a racing yacht. It was later…

Jurist. Waring was born in Charleston on July 27, 1880, the son of Edward Perry Waring, Charleston County superintendent of…

Legislator, congressman. Watson was born in Sumter on August 30, 1922, the son of Claude A. Watson and Eva Clark.…

“Good Roads” pioneer. Watson was born in Ridge Spring on June 29, 1869, to Tillman Watson, a contractor, and Helen…

Created in 1966 at the urging of young reformers in the General Assembly, the Committee to Make a Study of…

Governor, diplomat. Born in Camden on August 27, 1922, to Shelton J. West and Mattie Ratterree West, West was reared…

Governor. Nothing is known of the birth and parentage of Joseph West, who commanded the fleet that brought the first…

One of the two major political parties in the United States from approximately 1834 to 1856, the Whig Party had…