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About Daniel Elliott Huger
Daniel Elliott Huger was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County, his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Daniel Elliott pursued classical studies in Charleston and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1798. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1799, beginning practice in Charleston. In 1800 he married Isabella Johannes Middleton-daughter of Declaration of Independence signer Arthur Middleton. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1804 to 1819 and from 1830 to 1832, and was a brigadier general of State troops in 1814. He was judge of the circuit court from 1819 to 1830, and was a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1838 to 1842. He was an opposition member of the State nullification convention in 1832.
Everything about Daniel Elliott Huger →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of South Carolina, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 28, 1779
- Died
- August 21, 1854