One of the Founders of the American Republic

Born February 25, 1746, Charleston

Member of Provincial Assembly 1769

District Attorney General for South Carolina 1773

Member of Provincial Congress 1775

Officer of the Continental Army 1775

Prisoner of War 1780-82

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention 1787

Signatory of the United States Constitution

Minister to France during the XYZ Affair 1796

"Millions for defense not a cent for tribute"

A Founder of South Carolina College, Columbia 1801

Federalist Candidate for Vice President of the United States 1880

Federalist Candidate for President of the United States 1804 & 1808

President, The South Carolina Jockey Club,

President, The Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans,

President, Charleston Library Society,

President,

The Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina

President General, The Society of the Cincinnati

Actively campaigned against dueling in South Carolina

First President of the Charleston Bible Society 1810

"He combined the virtues of the patriot

and the piety of the Christian"

Died August 16, 1825, Charleston

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