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THOMAS LYNCH JR.
Born: August 5, 1749
Birthplace: Winyah, South Carolina
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 26
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: First and Second Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 1774-1776; South Carolina Constitutional Committee, 1776; South Carolina General Assembly, 1776; Captain, 1st South Carolina Regiment, 1775-1776; Continental Congress, 1776.
Died: 1779
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
Born: June 26, 1742
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 34
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: Berkeley County Justice of Peace, 1765 and 1776- 1786; Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina, 1765-1768 and 1772-1775; First and Second Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 1774-1776; South Carolina Council of Safety, 1775-1776; fought in Revolutionary War, 1780-1781; Continental Congress, 1776-1777 and 1781-1782; elected Governor of South Carolina but declined, 1778; South Carolina House of Representatives, 1778- 1780 and 1785-1786; South Carolina Senate, 1781-1782; South Carolina Privy Council, 1782.
Died: January 1, 1787
EDWARD RUTLEDGE
Born: November 23, 1749
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 26
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Continental Congress, 1774-1776; First and Second Provincial Congress of South Carolina, 1774-1776; South Carolina General Assembly, 1778; fought in Revolutionary War, 1780-1781; South Carolina House of Representatives, 1782, 1786, 1788 and 1792; South Carolina Constitutional Convention, 1790; appointed Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court but did not accept, 1794; Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800 (served until his death). Died: January 23, 1800
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