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Preceded by
  
Name
  
Eldred Simkins

Resting place
  
Edgefield

Profession
  
attorney

Succeeded by
  
Preceded by
  
Died
  
November 17, 1831

Governor
  
Role
  
U.S. representative


Born
  
August 30, 1779Edgefield, South Carolina (
1779-08-30
)

Alma mater
  
South Carolina CollegeLitchfield Law School

Political party
  
Democratic-Republican Party

Eldred Simkins (August 30, 1779 – November 17, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Simkins attended Moses Waddel's academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia. He attended Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School for three years. He was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Edgefield, South Carolina, in 1806. He served as member of the State house of representatives. He served in the State senate 1810–1812 and then as the 25th Lieutenant Governor of the State 1812–1814.

Simkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John C. Calhoun. He was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from January 24, 1818, to March 3, 1821. He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Sixteenth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1828 to 1829. He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in planting. He died in Edgefield, South Carolina, November 17, 1831. He was interred in Cedar Fields, the family burial ground, near Edgefield, South Carolina.

References

Eldred Simkins Wikipedia


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