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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

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

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.

Mrs. Theodore Gourdin (Elizabeth Gaillard) (1766-1835)

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byDavid R. Williams Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

1813–1815
Succeeded byBenjamin Huger
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