Robert Woodward Barnwell

Democrat Senator of South Carolina

Congresses Served

House Terms

Senate Terms

August 10, 1801 (81 years old)

Birthday

November 5, 1882

Death

American politician active in the 19th century.
Served in both the United States Senate and the Confederate States Senate.
Strong proponent of slavery and secession.
Owned at least 128 enslaved individuals.
Began political career in the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1826.
Elected to the U.S. Congress, serving from 1829 to 1833.
Opposed the admission of California as a state during his brief Senate tenure.
Participated in the Confederate Provisional Congress and voted for Jefferson Davis as the Confederate President.
Served in the Confederate Senate from 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Returned to academia post-war, serving as an instructor and chairman of the faculty at the University of South Carolina until 1873.
His legacy includes a college named after him, though there have been calls for renaming due to his historical associations.