Theodore_Gourdin

Theodore Gourdin

Theodore Gourdin

American politician


Theodore Gourdin (March 20, 1764 – January 17, 1826) was an American slaveholder and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1813 to 1815.

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Life

Born near Kingstree in the Province of South Carolina, Gourdin was educated in Charleston, and in Europe. He owned a plantation, on which he enslaved people, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

Congress

Gourdin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815).

Later career and death

After his term, he resumed agricultural pursuits.

He died in Pineville, South Carolina, January 17, 1826, and was interred in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, South Carolina.

Mrs. Theodore Gourdin (Elizabeth Gaillard) (1766-1835)

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Theodore Gourdin (id: G000345)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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