Edward Rutledge

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Edward Rutledge was an American lawyer, statesman, and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence who later served as governor of South Carolina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
Governor of South Carolina
human
lawyer
signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
statesman
barAdmission admitted to the bar in South Carolina
birthDate 1749-11-23
birthPlace Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America
burialPlace St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina
capturedBy British forces during the American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
surface form: Great Britain

United States of America
dateOfCapture 1780
deathDate 1800-01-23
deathPlace Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
educatedAt Middle Temple
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford (legal studies in England context)
endTime (Governor of South Carolina) 1800
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Rutledge
givenName Edward
knownFor being the youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
legalTraining studied law in England
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War
name Edward Rutledge self-link
notableWork American Declaration of Independence
surface form: Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
politicalAlignment Patriot (American Revolution)
politicalParty Federalist-leaning (early U.S. party system context)
positionHeld Governor of South Carolina
delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the South Carolina legislature
relative John Rutledge
religion Anglicanism
represented South Carolina
residence Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
sibling John Rutledge
signatoryTo American Declaration of Independence
surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
signature appears on the United States Declaration of Independence
spouse Henrietta Middleton
startTime (Governor of South Carolina) 1798
workedAs attorney in Charleston, South Carolina

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Edward Rutledge name Edward Rutledge self-link
Rutledge namedAfter Edward Rutledge
subject surface form: Rutledge, Tennessee
John Rutledge sibling Edward Rutledge