Daniel Huger
{{short description|American politician}}
{{For|his son, also a member of U.S. Congress|Daniel Elliott Huger}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Daniel Huger
| image name=Daniel Huger.jpg
| state=South Carolina
| district=3rd
| party=Pro-Administration
| term_start=March 4, 1789
| term_end=March 3, 1793
| preceded= Position created
| succeeded=Lemuel Benton
|office2 = Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from South Carolina
| term_start2 = November 6, 1786
| term_end2 = October 21, 1788
| birth_date={{Birth date|1742|02|20}}
| birth_place=Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina, British America
| death_date={{Death date and age|1799|07|06|1742|02|20}}
| death_place=Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
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| children = Daniel Elliott Huger
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Daniel Huger (February 20, 1742{{spnd}}July 6, 1799) was an American slaveholder, planter and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Berkeley County, South Carolina from 1789 to 1793.
Early life
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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.{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Alice R. Huger|last2=Smith|first2=D.E. Huger|title=The Dwelling Houses of Charleston|date=2007|publisher=The History Press|location=Charleston|isbn=9781596292611|pages=40–41}} He owned slaves.{{Citation|title=Congress slaveowners|date=2022-01-13|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-07-03}}
Personal life
=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 was Confederate General Benjamin Huger.
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Category:People from Berkeley County, South Carolina
Category:People from colonial South Carolina
Category:American people of French descent
Category:Continental Congressmen from South Carolina
Category:18th-century American planters
Category:American slave owners
Category:18th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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