Eldred Simkins
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Eldred Simkins was a U.S. Representative
from South Carolina
.
Born in Edgefield, South Carolina
, Simkins attended a private academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina
) at Columbia.
He attended Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School for three years.
He was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Edgefield, South Carolina
, in 1806.
He served as member of the State house of representatives.
He served in the State senate 1810-1812.
Lieutenant Governor of the State 1812-1814.
Simkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican
to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John C. Calhoun.
He was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from January 24, 1818, to March 3, 1821.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Sixteenth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1828 to 1829.
He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in planting.
He died in Edgefield, South Carolina
, November 17, 1831.
He was interred in Cedar Fields, the family burial ground, near Edgefield, South Carolina
.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
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Born in Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,449 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County.Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.-Geography:...
, Simkins attended a private academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
) at Columbia.
He attended Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School for three years.
He was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,449 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County.Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.-Geography:...
, in 1806.
He served as member of the State house of representatives.
He served in the State senate 1810-1812.
Lieutenant Governor of the State 1812-1814.
Simkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...
to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John C. Calhoun.
He was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from January 24, 1818, to March 3, 1821.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Sixteenth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1828 to 1829.
He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in planting.
He died in Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,449 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County.Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.-Geography:...
, November 17, 1831.
He was interred in Cedar Fields, the family burial ground, near Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,449 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County.Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.-Geography:...
.