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American lawyer and politician

George Lamb Buist
Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
from Charleston County
In office
1876–1880
Member of the
South Carolina Senate
from Charleston County
In office
1882–1898
Personal details
Born(1838-09-04)September 4, 1838
Charleston, South Carolina
DiedMay 31, 1907(1907-05-31) (aged 68)
Charleston, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesGeorge Lamb Buist Rivers (grandson)
John M. Rivers (great-grandson)
Martha Rivers Ingram (great-great-granddaughter)
Alma materCollege of Charleston
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George Lamb Buist (September 4, 1838 – May 31, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who lived in Charleston, South Carolina.

Biography

George Lamb Buist was born in Charleston. He graduated from the New Jersey Academy in Burlington, New Jersey and the College of Charleston, and he passed the South Carolina Bar in 1860.

During the American Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army, serving with the Palmetto Guards. In the postbellum era, he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina Senate. He represented Charleston County and served in the state senate from 1882 to 1898. He was a Democrat. He served on the board of trustees of his alma mater, the College of Charleston.

Buist married Martha Allston White, and they had 10 children. He died in Charleston on May 31, 1907.

References

  1. https://schistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rivers-family-papers-1094.00.pdf
  2. Snowden, Yates, ed. (1920). History of South Carolina. Vol. V. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 159. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Hemphill, James Calvin (1907). Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life: A Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Washington, D.C.: Men of Mark Publishing Company. pp. 48–52 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "The Political Graveyard: South Carolina: State Senate". politicalgraveyard.com.
  5. "Senate documents". April 12, 1879 – via Google Books.
  6. Garlington, J. C. (April 12, 1902). Men of the Time: Sketches of Living Notables. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous South Carolina Leaders. Garlington Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  7. "Major George Buist Dead in Charleston". The Atlanta Journal. Charleston, South Carolina. May 31, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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