Joseph Gist
Joseph Gist | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's7thdistrict | |
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827 | |
Preceded by | John Wilson |
Succeeded by | William T. Nuckolls |
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's8thdistrict | |
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | |
Preceded by | John McCreary |
Succeeded by | John Carter |
Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives | |
In office 1802–1817 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Union District,Province of South Carolina,British America | January 12, 1775
Died | March 8, 1836 Pinckneyville,South Carolina,U.S. | (aged 61)
Political party | Jacksonian(after 1825) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic-Republican(until 1825) |
Profession | lawyer |
Joseph Gist(January 12, 1775 – March 8, 1836) was aU.S. RepresentativefromSouth Carolina.
Born near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek in theUnion Districtof theProvince of South Carolina.Gist moved to Charleston with his parents in 1788. He attended the common schools. He graduated from the College of Charleston. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799, and began practice in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, in 1800. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1817. He served as member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College at Columbia 1809–1821.
Gist was elected as aDemocratic-Republicanto the Seventeenth Congress, re-elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as aJacksonianto the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed the practice of law. He died inPinckneyville,on March 8, 1836. He was interred in the family burial ground.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress."Joseph Gist (id: G000227)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.