List of Famous people with last name Sumter

Thomas Sumter

First Name Thomas
Last Name Sumter
Born on August 14, 1734
Died on June 1, 1832 (aged 97)

Thomas Sumter 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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