George Swinton Legaré, U.S. Representative

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George Swinton Legare

French: Legaré
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rockville, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1913 (43)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: 70 Cunnington Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 29405, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Thomas Legare' and Katherine Malcomson Legare'
Husband of Mary Frances Legaré,
Father of Ferdinanda Izlar Backer; William Swinton Legaré; Rosa Legare; Julia Gadson Porcher; Heremena Brewer Legare and 1 other

Occupation: Congressman
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About George Swinton Legaré, U.S. Representative

George Swinton Legaré

Legaré was a politician from South Carolina; born in Rockville, South Carolina. Shortly after birth moved to Charleston, South Carolina. At Charleston, he graduated from the Porter Military Academy, now the exclusive Porter-Gaud School, in 1889. He then attended the law department of the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years; was graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1893. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced a legal practice in Charleston, S.C. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1903, until his death, before the close of the Sixty-second Congress; had been reelected to the Sixty-third Congress. His death was in Charleston, S.C., January 31, 1913; interment in Magnolia Cemetery

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George Swinton Legaré, U.S. Representative's Timeline

1869
November 11, 1869
Rockville, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
1895
December 4, 1895
1913
January 31, 1913
Age 43
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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Magnolia Cemetery, 70 Cunnington Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 29405, United States