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{{Officeholder
|name=Wade Hampton III
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=South Carolina
|terms=March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891
|preceded=[[John J. Patterson]]
|status=f
|succeeded=John L. M. Irby
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=South Carolina
|lieutenant=William Dunlap Simpson
|terms=April 11, 1877 – February 26, 1879
|preceded=Daniel Henry Chamberlain
|former=y
|succeeded=William Dunlap Simpson
}}
}}
'''Wade Hampton III''' (1818-1902) was a [[South Carolina]] planter, soldier, and politician especially prominent during the [[Civil War]], [[Reconstruction]], and the post-Reconstruction era. He served in the army of the [[Confederate States of America]] during the war, rising to the rank of lieutenant general and commanding the cavalry of [[Robert E. Lee]]'s Army of Northern Virginia from 1864 to 1865. In South Carolina during Reconstruction, he emerged as a leader of the "[[Redeemers]]," southern [[Democratic]] whites who were opposed to [[Republican]] rule and sought to regain control of their state governments. After Reconstruction ended in South Carolina, Hampton served from 1876 to 1879 as the state's governor, then from 1879 to 1891 as U.S. Senator.
'''Wade Hampton III''' (1818-1902) was a [[South Carolina]] planter, soldier, and politician especially prominent during the [[Civil War]], [[Reconstruction]], and the post-Reconstruction era. He served in the army of the [[Confederate States of America]] during the war, rising to the rank of lieutenant general and commanding the cavalry of [[Robert E. Lee]]'s Army of Northern Virginia from 1864 to 1865. In South Carolina during Reconstruction, he emerged as a leader of the "[[Redeemers]]," southern [[Democratic]] whites who were opposed to [[Republican]] rule and sought to regain control of their state governments. After Reconstruction ended in South Carolina, Hampton served from 1876 to 1879 as the state's governor, then from 1879 to 1891 as U.S. Senator.