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Thomas Sumter
Thomas Sumter
(August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was a soldier in the
Colony of Virginia
militia
; a
brigadier general
in the
South Carolina
militia during the
American War of Independence
, a planter, and a politician. After the United States gained independence, he was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
and to the
United States Senate
, where he served from 1801 to 1810, when he retired. Sumter was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock," for his fierce fighting style against British soldiers after they burned down his house during the Revolution.
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