biography
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Petigru, James Louis
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| male
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| lived:
| (1789–1863)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and politician, born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA. A graduate of South Carolina College, he worked as a school teacher while studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and established a thriving practice in Charleston. An opponent of nullification, he served in the state legislature and as attorney general. He left public service in the 1830s (with brief service as a federal district attorney, 1851–3) but remained for many years the state's leading lawyer. Although he opposed secession, he ardently supported the Confederacy when war came in 1861. |
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