Wilson Nesbitt
Wilson T. Nesbitt | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th district | |
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Moore |
Succeeded by | John McCreary |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
In office 1810–1814 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1781 |
Died |
Mary 13, 1861 (aged 79–80) Montgomery, Alabama |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Occupation | politician, farmer |
Wilson T. Nesbitt (born 1781 – May 13, 1861) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. His date of birth is unknown but he resided in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended the common schools. Later, he was a student at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia, South Carolina in 1805 and 1806. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and conducted an iron foundry.
Nesbitt was a justice of quorum of Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1810. He served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1810–1814. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). After leaving Congress, he moved to Alabama. He died in Montgomery, Alabama in 1861 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "Wilson Nesbitt (id: N000049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Thomas Moore |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th congressional district 1817–1819 |
Succeeded by John McCreary |