About Theodore Gourdin
Lived 1764 – 1826 (aged 61). Theodore Gourdin was an 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.
Life Born near Kingstree in the Province of South Carolina, Gourdin was educated in Charleston, and in Europe. He owned a plantation, 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.
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Who was Theodore Gourdin?
American politician (1764-1826)
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Theodore Gourdin was born on 20 March 1764 in Kingstree.
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Theodore Gourdin died on 17 January 1826 in Pineville, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States.
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