Joseph Gist
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Joseph Gist was a U.S. Representative
from South Carolina
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Born near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek, Union District, South Carolina, Gist moved to Charleston with his parents in 1788.
He attended the common schools.
He was graduated from the College of Charleston.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1799 and began practice in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, in 1800.
He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1817.
He served as member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College at Columbia 1809–1821.
Gist was elected as a Democratic-Republican
to the Seventeenth Congress, re-elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as a Jacksonian
to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827).
He was not a candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, on March 8, 1836.
He was interred in the family burial ground.
United States House of Representatives
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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 near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek, Union District, South Carolina, Gist moved to Charleston with his parents in 1788.
He attended the common schools.
He was graduated from the College of Charleston.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1799 and began practice in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, in 1800.
He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1817.
He served as member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College at Columbia 1809–1821.
Gist 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 Seventeenth Congress, re-elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as a Jacksonian
Jacksonian
Jacksonian may refer to:*Jacksonian Democrats, party faction*Jacksonian democracy, American political philosophy *Jacksonian seizure, in neurology...
to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827).
He was not a candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, on March 8, 1836.
He was interred in the family burial ground.