Thomas Bee

Biography of Thomas Bee

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Bee
• First Name: Thomas
• Date of Birth: , , 1739
• Place of Birth (POB): Charleston , South Carolina (US-SC, SC, 45, S.C., S. Car.)
• Date of Death: February , 18 , 1812
• Place of Death (POD): Pendleton , South Carolina (US-SC, SC, 45, S.C., S. Car.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Thomas Bee Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States District Court, District of South Carolina
• Court Type: United States District Court
• Appointment under the Presidency of: George Washington )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/11/1790
• Seat vacated by: Drayton , William
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 06/14/1790
• Commission Date: 06/14/1790
• Date of Termination: 02/18/1812
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Thomas Bee in the Law School

• Name of School: University of Oxford

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1761

Thomas Bee Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1761-1762, 1765-1769, 1769-1772, 1782-1786
• Member, South Carolina Commons House of Assembly, 1762-1765, 1772-1776
• Member, South Carolina General Assembly, 1776-1778
• State representative, South Carolina, 1778-1779, 1781-1782, 1786-1788; speaker, January-February, 1779
• Commissioner for stamping and issuing paper bills of credit, Charleston, South Carolina, 1769
• Lieutenant governor, South Carolina, 1780
• Delegate, Continental Congress, 1780-1781
• State senator, South Carolina, 1788-1790
• Nominated to be chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit, February 21, 1801; confirmed, February 24, 1801; declined appointment

Resources

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