Daniel Huger
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Early life
His grandfather was Daniel Huger Sr. (1651–1711), a French Huguenot who was born in Loudun, France and settled in Charleston.
Career
Daniel Huger was a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and a United States representative from 1789 to 1793.[1] He owned slaves.[2]
Personal life
Daniel Huger's wife was the sister of the wife of Lewis Morris, Jr., the son of New York Congressman Lewis Morris.[1] His son, Daniel Elliott Huger, would later serve in the United States Senate for South Carolina and marry a daughter of Arthur Middleton's.
Descendants
Mary Procter Huger, his great-granddaughter through his son Daniel, was the wife of Confederate General Arthur Middleton Manigault, who was of Huguenot descent himself; likewise, a nephew of Daniel Elliot Huger's was Confederate General Benjamin Huger.
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- 1742 births
- 1799 deaths
- People from Berkeley County, South Carolina
- American people of French descent
- Continental Congressmen from South Carolina
- Pro-Administration Party United States representatives from South Carolina
- 18th-century American planters
- 18th-century United States representatives
- Planters from colonial South Carolina
- Slave owners from South Carolina