Background
Huger, Daniel Eliott was born on June 28, 1779 in South Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel and Sabina (Elliott) Huger.
Huger, Daniel Eliott was born on June 28, 1779 in South Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel and Sabina (Elliott) Huger.
Bachelor of Arts, College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1798, Master of Arts, 1801.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1799. Member South Carolina. Legislature, 1804-1819, 38-42 (protested against states rights doctrine).
Commissioned brigadier general South Carolina.
Militia, 1814; circuit judge South Carolina. Court Appeals, 1819-1830.
Became reconciled with Calhoun, adopted moderate states rights position. Member United States Senate from South Carolina.
(States Rights Democrat, replacing John C. Calhoun), 1843-1845.
Member South Carolina. Legislature, 1804-1819, 38-42 (protested against states rights doctrine). Member United States Senate from South Carolina.
(States Rights Democrat, replacing John C. Calhoun), 1843-1845.
Married Isabella Middleton, November 6, 1800, 10 children.