He was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a Senator from 1858 to 1861. rootsweb: Click Here Both Hampton and Chamberlain ended up claiming to be governor until Chamberlain left the state in 1877 when federal troops, who had been keeping a modicum of public order, withdrew. He bacame lieutenant of the dragoons in 1811, and was acting inspector-general and aide to General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans during 1815. At his death it was told that he was the wealthiest planter in the United States, owning 3,000 slaves. Wade Hampton, in full Wade Hampton III, (born March 28, 1818, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.died April 11, 1902, Columbia, South Carolina), Confederate Civil War hero who restored white rule to South Carolina following Radical Reconstruction. Hampton was defeated in the 1865 gubernatorial election by James Lawrence Orr. 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville. Wade Hampton III Monument, 2019. in Charleston, South Carolina, USA , United States, Died on April 11, 1902 [9] Political campaigns were increasingly violent as whites tried to suppress black voting. The senior Hampton was an officer of dragoons in the War of 1812, and an aide to General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1876 he campaigned vigorously as the Democratic candidate for governor, becoming the most prominent representative of the partys then dominant conservative aristocratic (Bourbon) faction. It wasn't a part of family lore, he says, and he always went by his nickname, Skip. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. His uncle, James Henry Hammond, was a member of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, as well as a Governor of South Carolina. He served as a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and later served as the Governor of South Carolina. On August 3, 1863, Hampton was promoted to major general and received command of a cavalry division. Thus, Hampton and his men missed the Second Battle of Manassas, re-joining the army shortly thereafter; but were present on the extreme left of the Confederate line at Sharpsburg. [citation needed], He was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1852 and served as a state Senator from 1858 to 1861. [14] John L. M. Irby won the seat in the state elections of 1890. A residence hall at Hampton's alma mater, the University of South Carolina, is called the "Wade Hampton." After gaining office in the contested gubernatorial election of 1876, he served as the governor of South Carolina from 1877 to 1879. He was grandson of Wade Hampton (17541835), lieutenant colonel of cavalry in the American War of Independence, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. L'arbre Two high schools in South Carolina are named "Wade Hampton High School," one in Greenville and the other in Hampton. Stuart, age 30. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, raising and commanding Hampton's Legion. He served as second in command to Gen. Jeb Stuart and, after Stuarts death, led the cavalry corps. [16], In the wake of the June 17, 2015, massacre at the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by white supremacist Dylann Roof, there was a push to remove Confederate symbols in the United States Capitol, including the Hampton statue. in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Wade HAMPTON (1818), Copyright Wikipdia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1964, Wade Hampton Academy was charted in Orangeburg; the school later merged with Willington Academy in 1986 to become Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, Inc.Statues of Governor Hampton have been erected at both the South Carolina Capitol and the US Capitol. Early, of the Lost Cause movement, attempting to explain away the Confederacy's loss of the war. When the South seceded, Hampton gave unstintingly of himself and his fortune to the Confederacy. lis! After the election, Hampton became known as the "Savior of South Carolina"; he was one of those Democrats elected who were called "Redeemers." Congressman, and wealthy plantation owner. Later in the series, in the novel American Empire: Blood and Iron, Hampton's fictional grandson, Wade Hampton V is elected President of the C.S. He was one of the largest enslavers of people in the South and one of the largest landowners in South. Wade Hampton (1752 - February 4, 1835) was a South Carolina soldier, politician, two-term U.S. president of Confederate States of America. During the winter of 1862, around the Battle of Fredericksburg, Hampton led a series of cavalry raids behind enemy lines and captured numerous prisoners and supplies without suffering any casualties, earning a commendation from General Lee. Shortly afterward, Hampton and his other son, Wade IV, rode in the same direction. Corrections? There is a Hampton Park in Charleston and a Hampton Park in Columbia named after Hampton. Across South Carolina, many towns and cities renamed streets for him. He was the United States railroad commissioner from 1893 to 1897. At the Battle of Brandy Station, the war's largest predominantly cavalry battle, Hampton was slightly wounded and his younger brother Frank, was killed. After his return to Richmond, he fought at Nance's Shop, and was given command of the Cavalry Corps on August 11, 1864. "Senator Hampton" redirects here. He was the most revered man in the history of South Carolina, and yet he died an old man in near poverty. He received two more saber cuts to the front of his head, but continued fighting until he was wounded again with a piece of shrapnel to the hip. A Hampton Park was dedicated in Charleston and another in Columbia in his honor. He resigned from the Senate and enlisted as a private in the South Carolina Militia; however, the governor of South Carolina insisted that Hampton accept a colonel's commission, even though he had no military experience at all. He believed the official line that slavery as practiced in the American South was benign and that blacks were racially inferior to whites. He married Ann Fitzsimons on 6 March 1817, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States. WADE HAMPTON III was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Held in November, the gubernatorial election is said to have been the most corrupt in South Carolina history and was characterized by polling-place intimidation and violence as well as ballot rigging, stealing, and stuffing. "An anti-Reconstruction historian later estimated that 150 Negroes were murdered in South Carolina during the campaign. After that, he served two terms as U.S. Updates? The Life Summary of Wade. The commissioners of those counties then reported voting fraud, calling the election results into question again. Some accounts credit him with killing as many as 80 bears. He married Ann Fitzsimmons on March 6, 1817 in Charleston, South Carolina (daughter of Christopher Fitzsimons and Catharine Pritchard). Their land holdings extended from Issaquena County to Lake Washington in Washington County, and their plantations included Walnut Ridge and Wild Woods in Issaquena County and Linden in Washington County. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick at the Bennett Farm. He was the fourth Hampton Auld in his family. Stuart, who selected Hampton as his senior subordinate, to command one of two cavalry brigades. Also explored are the ways in which the Hampton-Preston family and its contemporariesespecially diarist Mary Boykin Chesnutcontributed to the Lost Cause, a movement begun . It was the first of five wounds he would receive during the war. The national election of Rutherford B. Hayes as President was settled by a compromise among Democrats, by which the national party agreed to end formally the Reconstruction era. Hampton charged the trooper before he could fire his rifle, but another trooper blindsided Hampton with a saber cut to the back of his head. Dowling He was re-elected in 1878; the Red Shirts gave support but less violence was required. The 1876 South Carolina gubernatorial election is thought to be the bloodiest in the history of the state. He was a member of the Hampton family, whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years. Their children were: Wade Hampton IV (1840-1879), Thomas Preston Hampton (1843-1864, killed in the war), Sarah Buchanan Hampton (1845-1886), John Preston Hampton (1846-1847), and Harriet Flud Hampton (1848-1853). General Wade Hampton III led the Second American Revolution in South Carolina in 1876, one hundred years after the first American Revolution in which his grandfather participated. Hampton III 3 remarried on January 27, 1858 to Mary Singleton McDuffie. Favorites. He was wounded three times and was made brigadier general in 1862, major general in 1863 and lieutenant general in 1865. "[10] They marched in parades during campaigns, openly disrupted Republican meetings, and worked to suppress black voting in the state by violence and intimidation. Two high schools in South Carolina are named "Wade Hampton High School," one in Greenville and the other in Hampton. In the 1880s he dominated politics in his native state. At least eight municipalities in South Carolina have a street named "Wade Hampton" (Beaufort, Charleston, Duncan, Greenville, Greer, Hampton, Taylors, Walterboro) and in approximately 47 towns of South Carolina are streets named "Hampton." Well I don't have grandkids. This family owned a vast tract of land in the northern part of the county near the Turnbull family estates. [17] Congressional representatives voted to retain the statues.[18]. Rhodes, a 30 year old resident born in North Carolina. But I would basically say be true to yourself and be kind and try to understand and empathize with other people and just do what you can to make the world a better place. He had developed the surgical glove to try to protect Caroline's skin from the harsh surgical sterilization chemicals.[15]. He served again in Congress from 1803 to 1805. He distinguished himself in his new role at the bloody Battle of Trevilian Station, defeating Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry, and in fact, lost no cavalry battles for the remainder of the war. The Wade Hampton Battery was one of four coastal artillery batteries and contained two 10-inch guns. American politician, American Civil War, Mexican-American War, War of 1812, Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War, 77th Governor from South Carolina, Born on March 28, 1818 Enter a grandparent's name. 1 of 16. . Biography https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/heath1.html, Issaquena County Genealogy and History, The 1860 Federal Census Schedule 2 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/slave60.html, Issaquena County Genealogy and History, The 1860 Federal Census Page 5 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/census60c.html, Back to the Issaquena Genealogy and History Project, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000140, http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hampton,Wade(1752-1835).html, http://elections.harpweek.com/2biographies//bio-1872-Full.asp?UniqueID=16&Year=1872, http://www.famousamericans.net/wadehampton/, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/heath1.html, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/slave60.html, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/census60c.html. The Sons of Confederate Veterans awarded Hampton with its Confederate Medal of Honor, created in 1977.[21]. He was a Bourbon Democrat who appealed to some freedmen in support of his win. His sisters married General John S. Preston and Governor Richard Manning. Fitzsimons House on Hasel Street, Charleston, Charleston District, South Carolina, United States, Johnston, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, Battle of Fairfax Court House, VA June 27, 1863, US Civil War, Battle of Chantilly, VA September 1, 1862, US Civil War, American Politicians opposing adherence to Election by popular vote and State certified Electors, Santa Fe New Mexican. After his refusal, Hampton had to campaign for his supporters not to vote for him in the gubernatorial election. in Hampton Family Pape':'S. South Caroliniana Library, University of South Car . Hampton's father died in 1858 and the son inherited a vast fortune, the plantations, and one of the largest collections of slaves in the South. 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