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Christopher Gadsden

Christopher Gadsden

Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Christopher Gadsden was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1724, Charleston, SC
Died: August 28, 1805 (age 81 years), Charleston, SC
Children: Philip Gadsden
Books: The Letters of Freeman, Etc: Essays on the Nonimportation Movement in South Carolina and Some Observations on the Two Campaigns Against the Cherokee Indians, in 1760 and 1761. In a Second Letter From Philopatrios. [Two Lines of Quotations]
Previous offices: Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1780–1782) and Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–1774)
Grandchildren: James Gadsden and John Gadsden
Nationality: American