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'''Thomas Sumter''' (1734-1832), sometimes known as "The Gamecock," was a [[South Carolina]] soldier and statesman who distinguished himself as a leader of partisan resistance to the British during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He later was a prominent member of the South Carolina legislature and of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].

'''Thomas Sumter''' (1734–1832), sometimes known as "The Gamecock," was a [[South Carolina]] soldier and statesman who distinguished himself as a leader of partisan resistance to the British during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He later was a prominent member of the South Carolina legislature and of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].

Sumter was considered a spokesman for his state and for the South in general, not only because of his wartime heroism but also from his devotion to state sovereignty and decentralized government. He was a prominent [[Anti-Federalist]] and later [[Democratic-Republican|Jeffersonian Republican]], and toward the end of his life backed South Carolina's doctrine of [[nullification]]. [[Fort Sumter]] in South Carolina was named in his honor.

Sumter was considered a spokesman for his state and for the South in general, not only because of his wartime heroism but also from his devotion to state sovereignty and decentralized government. He was a prominent [[Anti-Federalist]] and later [[Democratic-Republican|Jeffersonian Republican]], and toward the end of his life backed South Carolina's doctrine of [[nullification]]. [[Fort Sumter]] in South Carolina was named in his honor.

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