Edward Rutledge

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Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.

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Edward Rutledge canonical 11

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instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
Governor of South Carolina
human
lawyer
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
statesman
barAdmission admitted to the bar in South Carolina
birthDate 1749-11-23
birthPlace Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America
burialPlace St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina
capturedBy British forces during the American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
linked to: United Kingdom

United States of America
dateOfCapture 1780
deathDate 1800-01-23
deathPlace Charleston, South Carolina, United States
linked to: Charleston
educatedAt Middle Temple
Oxford (legal studies in England context)
endTime (Governor of South Carolina) 1800
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Rutledge
givenName Edward
knownFor being the youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
legalTraining studied law in England
memberOf Continental Congress
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War
name Edward Rutledge
notableWork Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
politicalAlignment Patriot (American Revolution)
politicalParty Federalist-leaning (early U.S. party system context)
positionHeld Governor of South Carolina
delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the South Carolina legislature
relative John Rutledge
religion Anglicanism
represented South Carolina
residence Charleston, South Carolina
linked to: Charleston
sibling John Rutledge
signatoryTo United States Declaration of Independence
signature appears on the United States Declaration of Independence
spouse Henrietta Middleton
startTime (Governor of South Carolina) 1798
workedAs attorney in Charleston, South Carolina

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Edward Rutledge name Edward Rutledge
John Rutledge sibling Edward Rutledge
Rutledge, Tennessee namedAfter Edward Rutledge
subject linked to: Rutledge
1776 (film) portrays Edward Rutledge
1776 (musical) mainCharacter Edward Rutledge
subject linked to: 1776 (stage musical)
Henrietta Middleton spouse Edward Rutledge
Henrietta Middleton notableRelative Edward Rutledge
Rutledge hasNotableBearer Edward Rutledge