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BURT, Armistead, (1802 - 1883)
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BURT, Armistead, a Representative from South Carolina; born at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield District, S.C., November 13, 1802; moved with his parents to Pendleton, S.C.; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1823 and practiced in Pendleton; moved to Abbeville, S.C., in 1828 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the South Carolina house of representatives, 1834-1835, and 1838-1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses); served as Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives during the absence of Speaker Winthrop in 1848; was not a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Abbeville; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; died in Abbeville, S.C., October 30, 1883; interment in Episcopal Cemetery
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001145
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The Armistead Burt House is significant to Civil War history as it served as the location of President Jefferson Davis’ last Council of War. (Submitted on December 25, 2008, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=10564
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