Thomas Bee
Personal
Birthday:
1739
Birthplace:
Charleston, SC
Date of Death:
2/18/1812
Place of Death:
Pendleton, SC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1761-1762, 1765-1769, 1769-1772, 1782-1786
Member, South Carolina Commons House of Assembly, 1762-1765, 1772-1776
Member, South Carolina General Assembly, 1776-1778
State representative, South Carolina, 1778-1779, 1781-1782, 1786-1788; speaker, January-February, 1779
Commissioner for stamping and issuing paper bills of credit, Charleston, South Carolina, 1769
Lieutenant governor, South Carolina, 1780
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1780-1781
State senator, South Carolina, 1788-1790
Nominated to be chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit, February 21, 1801; confirmed, February 24, 1801; declined appointment
Education
Name of School:
University of Oxford
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1761 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Court Name:
South Carolina District Court
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
06/14/1790
Termination Date:
02/18/1812
Termination Reason:
Death