Christopher Gadsden was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the seventh lieutenant governor of South Carolina, a merchant and slaver and the designer of the Gadsden flag. He is a signatory to the Continental Association.
- Occupation
- sailor, military officer, politician
- Position held
- member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 16, 1724
