Thomas Bee

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Thomas Bee
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
June 14, 1790 – February 18, 1812
Appointed byGeorge Washington
Preceded byWilliam Drayton Sr.
Succeeded byJohn Drayton
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 9, 1779 – January 24, 1780
GovernorJohn Rutledge
Preceded byJames Parsons
Succeeded byChristopher Gadsden
3rd Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
Summer of 1777 – November 1778
Preceded byJohn Mathews
Succeeded byJohn Mathews
Personal details
Born
Thomas Bee

1739 (1739)
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Thomas Bee (1739 – February 18, 1812) was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

Born in 1739 in Martigny,

Justice of the Peace in 1775.[2] He was a member of the Council of Safety in 1775 and 1776.[2] He was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly from 1776 to 1778.[1] He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1778 to 1779, 1781 to 1782, and 1786 to 1788, serving as Speaker in January and February 1779.[1] He was a commissioner for stamping and issuing paper bills of credit in Charleston in 1769.[1] He was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1780.[1] He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress (Continental Congress) from 1780 to 1781.[1] In 1781, Bee was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.[3] He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1788 to 1790.[4][1]

Federal judicial service

Bee was nominated by President George Washington on June 11, 1790, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Judge William Drayton Sr.[5][1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 14, 1790, and received his commission the same day.[1] He published reports of the district court in 1810.[2] His service terminated on February 18, 1812, due to his death in Pendleton, South Carolina.[1] He was interred in Woodstock Cemetery in Goose Creek, South Carolina.[2]

Bee was nominated by President John Adams to be Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit on February 21, 1801, and was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1801, but he declined the appointment.[1]

Family

Thomas Bee's House, Charleston, ca. 1730.

Bee was the father of

United States representative from Texas.[2] Two of Barnard's sons became known as Confederate generals during the American Civil War: Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. and Hamilton P. Bee.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thomas Bee at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ a b c d e f United States Congress. "Thomas Bee (id: B000304)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. JSTOR 3123455/. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  5. ^ "National Archives – To George Washington from Thomas Bee". Archived from the original on August 13, 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
1779–1780 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
1790–1812 		Succeeded by


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