Joseph Bellinger (1773 – January 10, 1830) was a slave owner[1] and U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was born at the Bellinger Plantation in Saint Bartholomew Parish, Ashepoo in Colleton County in the Province of South Carolina and was a planter by trade. He owned the "Aeolian Lawn" slave plantation.

He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1809 and of the State senate from Barnwell District from 1810 to 1813. Bellinger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth Congress.

He died at Charleston, South Carolina, on January 10, 1830, aged around 56 years old. He was interred in the Bellinger private burial ground, Poco Sabo Plantation, Ashepoo, South Carolina.

References

  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 27, 2022, retrieved January 30, 2022

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 4th congressional district
1817–1819 		Succeeded by
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bellinger
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