- John McQueen
John McQueen (
February 9 ,1804 –August 30 ,1867 ) was a U.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina and a member of theConfederate States Congress during theAmerican Civil War .Born in Queensdale, which is near the town of
Maxton, North Carolina , McQueen completed preparatory studies under private tutors and was graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He subsequently studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice inBennettsville, South Carolina . McQueen served in the State militia 1833-1837. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.McQueen was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses to fill the vacancies caused by the death of
Alexander D. Sims . He was reelected to the Thirty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses, and served fromFebruary 12 ,1849 , until his retirement onDecember 21 ,1860 .An ardent supporter of
States' Rights , he was elected as a representative from South Carolina in theFirst Confederate Congress after the outbreak of the Civil War.He died at
Society Hill, South Carolina , onAugust 30 ,1867 , and was interred in the Episcopal Cemetery inSociety Hill, South Carolina .Reference
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