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Rutledge spent his first congressional term in the shadow of the more experienced South Carolina delegates, among them his older brother, John, and his father-in-law, Henry Middleton. During 1775-76, however, both in Congress and in two South Carolina provincial assemblies, his increasing self-confidence and maturity brought him the esteem of his associates.
18 de may. de 2012 · Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American politician and one of the youngest signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. He served alongside fellow South Carolina colony delegates Thomas Heyward, Thomas Lynch Jr ., and Arthur Middleton.
Other articles where Edward Rutledge is discussed: John Rutledge: His brother Edward Rutledge was a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776), fought against the British in South Carolina during the American Revolution, and served in the South Carolina legislature (1782–98) and as governor (1798–1800) of the state.
Edward Rutledge ( Charleston, South Carolina, 23 november 1749 - aldaar, 23 januari 1800) was een Amerikaans politicus en ondertekenaar van de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring, de Declaration of Independence . Rutledge werd in Charleston geboren als de broer van John Rutledge, een latere ondertekenaar van de Amerikaanse Grondwet.
After the signing, Edward returned home to South Carolina to help defend his state. In the spring of 1780, the British captured him during the siege of Charleston, and he served a year as a prisoner of war in Florida. Since the entire Rutledge family supported independence, the British also imprisoned his mother, Sarah Hext Rutledge, in Charleston.
Rutledge signed the Declaration in August, at age 26 the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. In the stage play and then movie “1776”, the character of Edward Rutledge is portrayed as the leader in the opposition to the slavery reference in Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration. There seems to be no corroboration of this in ...
1 de sept. de 2021 · Edward Rutledge was born into an aristocratic South Carolina family on 23 November 1749 in Charleston. He was the youngest of the seven children of John Rutledge and Sarah Hext. John Rutledge was a successful Charleston Physician who had emigrated from Ireland about 1735. Sarah Hext was “a lady of respectable family, and large fortune.”
