Background

Barnwell, Robert Woodward was born on August 10, 1801 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hayne) Barnwell.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1821.

Career

Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1826-1829. Member United States House of Representatives from South Carolina., 21st-22d congresses, 1829-1833.

Signer South Carolina. Nullification Ordinance, 1832. President South Carolina.

College (now University of Southern California), 1835-1841 (administration marked by expansion), dean faculty, 1865-1873, librarian, 1877-1882. Manager plantations in South Carolina., 1841-1861. Member United States Senate (filled vacancy) from South Carolina., 1850.

Member South Carolina. Convention which passed secession ordinance, 1860. Temporary chairman Confederate Provisional Congress, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861.

Member Confederate Senate from South Carolina., 1861-1865. Operator girls school, Columbia, South Carolina., 1873-1877.

Membership

Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1826-1829. Member United States House of Representatives from South Carolina., 21st-22d congresses, 1829-1833.

Member United States Senate (filled vacancy) from South Carolina., 1850. Member South Carolina. Convention which passed secession ordinance, 1860.

Member Confederate Senate from South Carolina., 1861-1865.

Connections

Married Eliza Barnwell, August 9, 1827.

father:

Robert Barnwell

mother:

Elizabeth (Hayne) Barnwell

spouse:

Eliza Barnwell