1. Edward Rutledge was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
11 Facts About Edward Rutledge
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Edward Rutledge later served as the 39th governor of South Carolina.
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Edward Rutledge was the youngest of seven children born to Dr John Rutledge and Sarah Hext, who was 15 when her first child was born.
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Edward Rutledge's father was a physician and colonist of Scots-Irish descent; his mother was born in South Carolina and was of English descent.
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Edward Rutledge worked to have African Americans expelled from the Continental Army.
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Edward Rutledge served as a captain of artillery in the South Carolina militia, and fought at the Battle of Beaufort in 1779.
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Edward Rutledge was known as an active legislator and an advocate for the confiscation of Loyalist property.
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Edward Rutledge had not been close with the victor John Adams dating back to their days in the Continental Congress, but he approved of Adams's defense policies towards France during the Quasi-War.
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Edward Rutledge served in the state senate for two years, then was elected governor in 1798.
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Governor Edward Rutledge, while attending an important meeting in Columbia, had to be sent home because of his gout.
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Edward Rutledge died in Charleston before the end of his term.