John Drayton II (June 22, 1766 – November 27, 1822) was th 40th governor of South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
John Drayton
Born 1766 in Charleston, SC
Died 1822 in Charleston, SC
FJC ID: 646
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Charleston, South CarolinaWarden · 1788–present
- Georgetown County, South CarolinaRice planter · 1794–1822
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina1788, 1789–1794, 1796–1798, 1811–1812
- South CarolinaGovernor · 1801–1803, 1809–1810
- South CarolinaState senator · 1805–1808
- Charleston, South CarolinaIntendant · 1803–1805
- South CarolinaLieutenant governor · 1798–1800
- South CarolinaState representative · 1792–1796
Appointments
1812–1822 · Appointed by James Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Inner Temple, London, England
- Read law1788