John Myers Felder

John Myers Felder
Member of theSouth Carolina Senatefrom Orange Parish
In office November 23, 1840 – September 1, 1851
Preceded by	Sanders Glover
Succeeded by	Michael Grambling
In office November 25, 1816 – December 18, 1819
Preceded by	Donald Rowe
Succeeded by	George Gilmore Salley
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's4thdistrict
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	William D. Martin
Succeeded by	James H. Hammond
Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representativesfrom Orange Parish
In office November 25, 1822 – December 20, 1823
In office November 23, 1812 – December 16, 1815
Personal details
Born	(1782-07-07)July 7, 1782 Orangeburg, South Carolina,U.S.
Died	September 1, 1851(1851-09-01)(aged 69) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Jacksonian
Other political affiliations	Nullifier
Alma mater	Yale University Litchfield Law School
Profession	lawyer,planter

John Myers Felder(July 7, 1782 – September 1, 1851) was aUnited Statespoliticianwho served two terms in theU.S. House of Representatives,representingSouth Carolina,from 1831 to 1835.

Biography

His grandfather was a native ofSwitzerland,came toSouth Carolinaabout 1720, and was killed during theAmerican Revolutionwhile defending his house against an attack by Tories. The grandson was born in the vicinity ofOrangeburg, South Carolina.He graduated fromYale Universityin 1804, a roommate and close friend ofJohn Caldwell Calhoun.

Early career

After graduation, he studied atLitchfield Law School,and was admitted to the bar in 1808. He was elected to theSouth Carolina House of Representativesin 1812.

Congress

In 1830, he was elected to theUnited States House of Representativesand served in Congress for four years, first as aJacksonianand from 1833 as aNullifier.

Later career and death

After declining renomination in 1834, he went back toSouth Carolina,where the voters of Orangeburg returned him to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1840. He served there until his death on September 1, 1851.

Felder retired from the legal profession in 1830, and became a prosperous mill owner and planter. He never married and had no children, although his sister Eliza has many descendants.

References

• United States Congress."John Myers Felder (id: F000064)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Wilson, J. G.;Fiske, J.,eds. (1900)."Felder, John Myers".Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.New York: D. Appleton.