Drawing: Oil, 1872, by Philip F. Wharton, after Benjamin West, Independence National Historical Park.

(1742-1787) Born in Charleston, SC, Arthur Middleton was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Later he served as Governor of South Carolina (1810-1812), US Representative (1815-1819), and Minister to Russia (1820-1830).

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