John E. Colhoun
U.S. Congressperson
1750 – 1802
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Who was John E. Colhoun?
John Ewing Colhoun was a United States Senator and lawyer from South Carolina.
Colhoun, was born in Staunton, Virginia where he attended common schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey in 1774. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1778 to 1800. He studied to be a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in 1783, commencing practice in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a farmer and was elected a member of the privy council and was also a commissioner of confiscated estates in 1785.
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- Born
- 1750
Staunton city - Also known as
- John Colhoun
- John Ewing Colhoun
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Carolina
- Died
- Oct 26, 1802
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on July 23, 2013
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