Martin Witherspoon Gary, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Witherspoon Gary

American politician

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1831

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1881

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Martin Witherspoon Gary (March 25, 1831 – April 9, 1881) was an attorney, soldier and politician from South Carolina, advancing to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
He played a major leadership role in the 1876 Democratic political campaign to elect Wade Hampton III as governor, planning a detailed campaign to disrupt the Republican Party and black voters by violence and intimidation.Gary was first elected to office as a state representative in 1860.
He was elected to the State Senate in 1876 from Edgefield, South Carolina, serving two terms.
He fell out with Hampton after failing to get appointments to the US Senate in 1877 and 1879, and left politics in 1881 after finishing his second term.
He returned to his home in Cokesbury and died in April of that year.