American military officer, planter and politician (1734–1832)
This article is about the 18th-century general. For his grandson, see Thomas De Lage Sumter.
Thomas Sumter
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale (c. 1795)
United States Senator from South Carolina
In office December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810
Preceded by
Charles Pinckney
Succeeded by
John Taylor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district
In office March 4, 1797 – December 15, 1801
Preceded by
Richard Winn
Succeeded by
Richard Winn
In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Richard Winn
Personal details
Born
(1734-08-14)August 14, 1734 Hanover County, Virginia Colony
Died
June 1, 1832(1832-06-01) (aged 97) Near Stateburg, South Carolina
Resting place
Thomas Sumter Memorial Park, Sumter County, South Carolina
Political party
Democratic-Republican Party
Military service
Allegiance
Great Britain United States
Branch/service
Virginia militia Continental Army
Years of service
Virginia militia (1755) Continental Army (1776–1781)
Rank
Brigadier General
Commands
2nd South Carolina Regiment
Battles/wars
Timberlake Expedition
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Rocky Mount
Battle of Hanging Rock
Battle of Fishing Creek
Battle of Fishdam Ford
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served in the Continental Army as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War. After the war, Sumter was elected to the House of Representatives and to the Senate, where he served from 1801 to 1810, when he retired. Sumter was nicknamed the "Fighting Gamecock" for his military tactics during the Revolutionary War.
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Revolutionary War General ThomasSumter. Sumter was born in Pennsylvania, in the Germantown area of Philadelphia. As a young child, Sumter moved to South Carolina...
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Sumter High School is a co-educational four-year public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in Sumter School District located in the south side of...
encampment of Patriot militia under the command of local Brigadier General ThomasSumter around 1 am on the morning of November 9, 1780, late in the American...
Carolina, also known as Sumter Turks or Turks of Sumter County, are a group of people who have lived in the general area of Sumter County, South Carolina...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Sumter a separate National Forest. The Sumter is named for ThomasSumter, a leader of patriot regular and military...
Carolina withstood an attack by 300 American Patriots led by Colonel ThomasSumter. Throughout 1779 and early 1780, the British "southern strategy" to...
License Plates of North America, 1969–present. Retrieved May 25, 2009. Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary...
Confederation Congress, and later first governor of the Northwest Territory ThomasSumter, South Carolina military leader, and member of both houses of Congress...
The Second Battle of Fort Sumter was fought on September 8, 1863, in Charleston Harbor. Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard, who had commanded the...
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Brigadier General