Hugh Swinton Legaré (January 2, 1797–June 20, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician. January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Born in Charleston, South Carolina of Huguenot and Scottish ancestry, he grew up in South Carolina. Charleston is an American city located in Charleston County, South Carolina. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...

Partly on account of his inability to share in the amusements of his fellows by reason of a deformity due to vaccine poisoning before he was five (the poison permanently arresting the growth and development of his legs), he was an eager student, and in 1814 he graduated at the College of South Carolina (now University of South Carolina at Columbia) with the highest rank in his class and with a reputation throughout the state for scholarship and eloquence. A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ...

He studied the law for three years, did advanced work in Paris and Edinburgh in 1818 and 1819 and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1822. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ...

After practicing for a time in Charles, he became a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving 1820 to 1821 and then 1824 to 1830. He founded and edited the Southern Review from 1832 to 1836. The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. ... The Southern Review is a publication of Louisiana State University. ...

From 1830 to 1832 he was the attorney general of South Carolina, and he supported states' rights, he strongly opposed nullification. He was Attorney General until he was appointed chargé d'affaires to Brussels in 1832, serving there until 1836. In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... In American politics and constitutional law, states rights are guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, (i. ... This article or section should be merged with Nullification Crisis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Chargé daffaires (Fr. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the de facto capital of the European Union, as two of its three main institutions have their headquarters...

He was then elected to the 25th Congress and failed in a re-election bid the following term. In 1841 President John Tyler named him Attorney General of the United States and he served in that office until his death. He also served as Secretary of State ad interim from May 8, 1843 until his death. (Redirected from 25th Congress) Twenty-fifth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... President of the United States - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... John Tyler ( March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862) of Virginia was the tenth ( 1841) Vice President of the United States, and the tenth ( 1841- 1845) President of the United States. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

He died in Boston while attending ceremonies at the unveiling of the Bunker Hill Monument. He was first interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was later reinterred in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston. Boston is the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. ... The Bunker Hill Monument is a 221-foot granite obelisk erected between 1827 and 1843 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ... A church in Mount Auburn Cemetary Founded in 1831 as Americas first garden cemetery, Mount Auburn Cemetery is an Elysium where, traditionally, chaste classical monuments were set in rolling landscaped terrain. ... Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ...

Further reading

• The Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, South Carolina, 1846. (2 vols.)

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786–July 26, 1863) was an American statesman. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...