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Theodore Gourdin

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Theodore Gourdin
Gourdin in 1922 publication
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byDavid R. Williams
Succeeded byBenjamin Huger
Personal details
Born(1764-03-20)March 20, 1764
near Kingstree, Province of South Carolina, British America
DiedJanuary 17, 1826(1826-01-17) (aged 61)
Pineville, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeEpiscopal Cemetery, Saint Stephen, South Carolina
Professionplanter

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.

Life

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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

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

Later career and death

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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

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  • United States Congress. "Theodore Gourdin (id: G000345)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

1813–1815
Succeeded by