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Wade Hampton (other)
Wade Hampton may refer to the following people: People *Wade Hampton I (1752–1835), American soldier in Revolutionary War and War of 1812 and U.S. congressman *Wade Hampton II (1791–1858), American plantation owner and soldier in War of 1812 *Wade Hampton III (1818–1902), American Civil War soldier and politician; elected Governor and Senator of South Carolina, opponent of Reconstruction * William Wade Hampton (1854–1928), Florida lawyer commonly known as Wade Hampton *Wade Hampton Frost (1880-1938), professor of epidemiology *Wade Randolph Hampton, an American DJ active since the mid-1990s Places *Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, formerly Wade Hampton Census Area *Wade Hampton, South Carolina Wade Hampton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,622 at the 2010 census. It is named for American Civil War general and South Carolina governor Wade Hampton. Wade Hampton is ... * Wade Hampton Boulevard {{dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Hampton I
Wade Hampton (early 1750sFebruary 4, 1835) was an American soldier and politician. A two-term U.S. Congressman, he may have been the wealthiest planter, and one of the largest slave holders in the United States, at the time of his death. Biography Born in the early 1750s, sources vary on Hampton's exact birth year, listing it as 1751, 1752 or 1754. He was the scion of the politically important Hampton family, which was influential in state politics almost into the 20th century. His second great-grandfather Thomas Hampton (1623–1690) was born in England and settled in the Virginia Colony. Thomas Hampton's father, William, a wool merchant, sailed from England and appears on the 1618 passenger list of the Bona Novo. The ship was blown off course and arrived in Newfoundland. It would arrive in Jamestown the following year, 1619. He would send for his wife and three children to arrive in Jamestown in 1620. Military career Hampton served in the American Revolutionary War as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Hampton II
Wade Hampton II (April 21, 1791 – February 10, 1858) was an American politician, plantation owner, and soldier in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Hampton family, whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years. Early life and education Hampton was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of General Wade Hampton I (1752–1835) and Harriet Flud. He was educated privately in his early years. Slave owner He served in the military during the War of 1812, becoming a lieutenant of dragoons in 1813. He served as acting inspector general and aide to General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815. As an adult, Hampton attended mostly to his extensive holdings, as his numerous plantations and houses in two states, overseers and managers, and thousands of slaves, all required extended management. He had several plantations in Issaquena County, Mississippi, where he held a total of 335 slaves by 1860, as well as properties in South C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Hampton III
Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818April 11, 1902) was an American military officer who served the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and later a politician from South Carolina. He came from a wealthy planter family, and shortly before the war he was one of the largest slaveholders in the Southeast as well as a state legislator. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate cavalry, where he reached the rank of lieutenant general. At the end of Reconstruction, with the withdrawal of federal troops from the state, Hampton was leader of the Redeemers who restored white rule. His campaign for governor was marked by extensive violence by the Red Shirts, a paramilitary group that served the Democratic Party by disrupting elections and suppressing black and Republican voting in the state. He was elected Governor, serving 1876 to 1879. After that, he served two terms as U.S. Senator, from 1879 to 1891. Early life and career Wade Hampton III was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wade Hampton
William Wade Hampton (1854–1928) was one of the first attorneys in Gainesville, Florida. He and his brother Edwin moved to Gainesville from Tampa, Florida in 1875. Wade and his brother Edwin founded the town's first paper, the Gainesville Times' in 1876. This paper later became ''The Gainesville Sun''. Wade and his brother Edwin founded the town's first law firm, Hampton and Hampton and he was the first president of the Florida Bar. Wade was the first of three generations of Wade Hamptons who practiced law in Gainesville from 1875 until 2006. Wade Hampton was a leader in the efforts to bring the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ... to Gainesville in 1906. Wade and his wife Minna Jordan Hampton lived in a house in the Northeast Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Hampton Frost
Wade Hampton Frost (March 3, 1880 – May 1, 1938) was born in Marshall, Virginia. He was the son of a country doctor. Before college, he was first homeschooled by his mother, and then spent the final two years in boarding school. He received his B.A. in 1901 and his M.D. in 1903, both from the University of Virginia. He was the first resident lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and was later professor of epidemiology. Frost served as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology from 1919 until 1938 and served as Dean of the School from 1931 until 1934. His work included studies of the epidemiology of poliomyelitis, influenza, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. In 1906, Frost assisted in the first successful arrest of a yellow fever epidemic in the United States. He also helped field investigations regarding typhoid outbreaks and water pollution by applying his knowledge of microbiology laboratory techniques. Frost's personal life is rarely touched on, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Randolph Hampton
Wade Randolph Hampton is an American DJ, film and music producer and recording artist. He is known for his contributions to electronic music and his involvement in the development of the North American rave scene. Early life Wade grew up in Dallas, Texas, and discovered his love of music at an early age. During his high school years, his taste for electronic music in particular was inspired by DJs at the legendary club, the Starck, watching highly influential DJ Rick Squillante and Go-GO Mike DuPriest. Wade began regularly DJing warehouse parties near the University of North Texas, in Denton, in 1985, eventually playing small clubs on the campus itself. Two years later he would open his first nightclub, Westend, with another Starck Club DJ and lifelong mentor Kerry Jaggers, in Austin, Texas. Following the explosion of electronic music in America in the early to mid ‘80s, he moved to Chicago in 1988, epicenter of the house music movement. As house music grew from its smaller r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Kusilvak Census Area, formerly known as Wade Hampton Census Area, is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,368, up from 7,459 in 2010. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the city of Hooper Bay, on the Bering Sea coast. The census area's per capita income makes it the fourth-poorest county-equivalent in the United States. In 2014, it had the highest percentage of unemployed people of any county or census area in the United States, at 23.7 percent. Name The census area was originally named for Wade Hampton III, a South Carolina politician whose son-in-law, John Randolph Tucker, a territorial judge in Nome, posthumously named a mining district in western Alaska for him in 1913. The district eventually became the census area, retaining its name. Over the next century, the name became increasingly controversial, with Native residents and others arguing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade Hampton, South Carolina
Wade Hampton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,622 at the 2010 census. It is named for American Civil War general and South Carolina governor Wade Hampton. Wade Hampton is part of the Greenville– Mauldin– Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Wade Hampton is located in central Greenville County at (34.883084, -82.333227). It is bordered to the southwest by the city of Greenville and to the northeast by Taylors, an unincorporated community. U.S. Route 29 (Wade Hampton Boulevard) passes through the CDP, leading southwest to the center of Greenville and northeast to Greer. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.55%, are water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 21,482 people, 9,016 households, and 5,368 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
