David R. Evans (South Carolina politician)

David Read Evans
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Fairfield District
In office
November 22, 1824 – November 26, 1832
Preceded bySamuel Johnston
Succeeded byAustin Ford Peay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byRichard Winn
Succeeded byWilliam Woodward
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Fairfield District
In office
November 22, 1802 – November 30, 1805
Preceded byThomas Means
Succeeded bySamuel Alston
Personal details
Born(1769-02-20)February 20, 1769
Westminster, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
DiedMarch 8, 1843(1843-03-08) (aged 74)
Winnsboro, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeWinnsboro, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Alma materMount Zion College
ProfessionLawyer

David Read Evans (February 20, 1769 – March 8, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a slaveholder.[1]

Born in Westminster, England, Evans immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his father, who settled in South Carolina. He attended Mount Zion College and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1796. Evans began practicing law in Winnsboro and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1802 to 1805. He was the solicitor of the middle judicial circuit from 1804 to 1811.

Evans was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815. After declining to seek reelection, he returned to his plantation. He later served in the South Carolina Senate from 1824 to 1832 and was the first president of the Fairfield Bible Society.

Evans died in Winnsboro, South Carolina, on March 8, 1843, and was initially interred at a private residence in Winnsboro. His burial site is now the Bethel A.R.P. Cemetery on North Vanderhorst Street, Winnsboro, SC.

References

  1. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (January 10, 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved April 29, 2024

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 5th congressional district
1813–1815 		Succeeded by