serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession battles term_start rank name predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
1835 united states army 28 october 1882 usa 1835 united states of america march 24 , 1798 march 3 , 1849 june 1 , 1838 south carolina college pendleton , south carolina lawyer , politician , farmer second seminole war march 4 , 1843 november 24 , 1834 major richard franklin simpson robert rhett laurens , south carolina democratic member of the south carolina senate from laurens district south carolina south carolina 2 2nd james l. orr richard f. simpson

richard f. simpson

richard franklin simpson -lrb- march 24 , 1798 -- october 28 , 1882 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from south carolina .
born in laurens , south carolina , simpson graduated from south carolina college -lrb- now the university of south carolina -rrb- at columbia in 1816 .
he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819 .
he began practice in pendleton , south carolina .
he held several local offices and served as major during the second seminole war in 1835 .
simpson served as member of the state senate 1834-1838 .
he was elected as a democrat to the twenty-eighth , twenty-ninth , and thirtieth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1843 -- march 3 , 1849 -rrb- .
he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1848 .
he served as member of the secession convention in 1860 and signed the ordinance of secession .
after his political involvement , simpson engaged in agricultural pursuits .
he died in pendleton , south carolina , october 28 , 1882 and was interred in the family cemetery near that city .
