Thomas Sumter

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
military officer
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:South_Carolina
military history
political history
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Cincinnati
gptkbp:birthDate 1734-08-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sumter,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:children gptkb:Thomas_Sumter_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1832-06-01
gptkbp:descendant Sumter_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:College_of_William_&_Mary
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkb:Battle_of_Camden
Battle of Eutaw Springs
Battle of King's Mountain
Battle of Fort Moultrie
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Sumter
gptkbp:influenced South_Carolina_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:knownFor Revolutionary_War_service
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Statue_in_South_Carolina_State_House
Historical_figure_in_American_history
Sumter_County_named_after_him
Sumter_National_Forest_named_after_him
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:South_Carolina_militia
Brigadier General
gptkbp:nickname The Gamecock
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Sumter_County,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole 1789
1810
gptkbp:positionHeld Member_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
Senator_from_South_Carolina
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:James_Hamilton_Jr.
gptkbp:retired gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1775-1783
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Sumter
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_E._Colhoun