Theodore Gourdin (March 20, 1764January 17, 1826) was an American slaveholder and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1813 to 1815.

Life

Born near

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in the Province of South Carolina, Gourdin was educated in

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, and in Europe. He owned a plantation, on which he enslaved people, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

Congress

Gourdin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815).

Later career and death

After his term, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Pineville, South Carolina, January 17, 1826, and was interred in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, South Carolina. Mrs

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gourdin, Theodore 1764 births 1826 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina People from Kingstree, South Carolina