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Wade Hampton III | |
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![]() Wade Hampton during the Civil War | |
United States Senator from South Carolina | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891 | |
Preceded by | John J. Patterson |
Succeeded by | John L. M. Irby |
77th Governor of South Carolina | |
In office April 11,[a] 1877 – February 26, 1879 | |
Lieutenant | William Dunlap Simpson |
Preceded by | Daniel Henry Chamberlain |
Succeeded by | William Dunlap Simpson |
In office December 14, 1876 – April 11, 1877 Disputed with Daniel Chamberlain[b] | |
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Richland County | |
In office November 22, 1858 – October 8, 1861 | |
Preceded by | John Smith Preston |
Succeeded by | Edward John Arthur |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Richland County | |
In office November 22, 1852 – November 22, 1858 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | March 28, 1818
Died | April 11, 1902 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 84)
Resting place | Trinity Cathedral Churchyard |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | South Carolina College |
Profession | planter, soldier, politician |
Committees | United States railroad commissioner 1893–1897 |
Signature | ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank | ![]() |
Commands | Hampton's Legion Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was an American military officer who joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He later had a career as a South Carolina politician. Hampton came from a wealthy planter family. Shortly before the war, he was both one of the largest slaveholders in the Southeastern United States and a state legislator. During the American Civil War, he joined the Confederate cavalry, where he was a lieutenant general.
At the end of the Reconstruction era, with the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from South Carolina, Hampton was a member of the Redeemers, White Southerners who campaigned to restore white supremacy in the state.[1] His campaign for governor was marked by extensive violence by the Red Shirts, a white supremacist paramilitary group that disrupted elections and suppressed Black voters in the state. Hampton was elected governor, serving from 1876 to 1879. After that, he served two terms as U.S. Senator from 1879 to 1891.
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