Rutledge political dynasty

E851159

American lawyer American statesman political family

The Rutledge political dynasty was an influential South Carolina family that produced several prominent colonial and early American statesmen, including a governor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
John Rutledge	0
Edward Rutledge	0
Hugh Rutledge	0

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American lawyer ⓘ American statesman ⓘ political family ⓘ
activeInPeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ colonial America ⓘ early United States ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithColony	Province of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin	Anglo-Irish descent ⓘ
familyOrigin	British colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Arthur Middleton Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ John Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableRole	leadership in South Carolina during the American Revolution ⓘ
influencedEvent	American Revolution in South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ
influencedInstitution	Early United States judiciary ⓘ State government of South Carolina ⓘ
memberOf	Rutledge political dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutledge political dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutledge political dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	influence in colonial and early American politics ⓘ
participatedIn	Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ Governor of South Carolina ⓘ Governor of South Carolina ⓘ President of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly ⓘ
producedOfficeholder	Chief Justice of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of South Carolina ⓘ Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
region	Charleston, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
representedState	South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatoryTo	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	planter elite ⓘ
state	South Carolina ⓘ

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Elizabeth Grimké → notableFamily → Rutledge political dynasty ⓘ