- Edward Rutledge - Wikipedia
Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence He later served as the 39th governor of South Carolina
- Who Was Edward Rutledge? A Brief Biography Of A Declaration Of . . .
Edward Rutledge’s life embodied the complexities and contradictions of the founding generation As the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence at just 26 years old, he represented both youthful idealism and pragmatic caution
- Edward Rutledge - U. S. National Park Service
The fifth son and youngest child of an Irish immigrant and physician, Rutledge was born in 1749 in Charleston, South Carolina Like Middleton, Lynch, and Heyward, the other South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence, as a young man he studied law in England
- Edward Rutledge - New World Encyclopedia
Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was one of four signers of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina and, at the age of 26, the youngest of all the signers
- Edward Rutledge | Constitution Center
Summary At 26, Edward Rutledge was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence He persuaded South Carolina to support independence after first opposing it
- Edward Rutledge - Honoring Our Patriots
Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 23, 1749 He was the youngest son of eight to Dr John Rutledge, of Scots-Irish descent and Sarah Hext, born in South Carolina and of English descent
- Edward Rutledge - National Governors Association
He studied law at Middle Temple in London and was called to the English Bar in 1772 As an officer in the Charleston Artillery Battalion in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War, he was captured by the British and held prisoner for one year
- Edward Rutledge - archives. upenn. edu
Edward Rutledge was born in Charleston, South Carolina, c 1795, the son of Hugh Rutledge and Mary Golightly Huger He was also the grandson of John Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Sarah Hext Rutledge He was admitted to the orders of the Episcopal Church in 1819
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