List of United States Political Families (M) - The McDuffies and Hamptons

The McDuffies and Hamptons

• George McDuffie (1790–1851), South Carolina State Representative 1818–1819, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1821–1834, Governor of South Carolina 1834–1836, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1842–1846. Father-in-law of Wade Hampton III.
  • Wade Hampton III (1818–1902), South Carolina State Senator 1858, candidate for Governor of South Carolina 1865, Governor of South Carolina 1876–1879, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1879–1891. Son-in-law of George McDuffie.

NOTE: Wade Hampton III was also grandson of U.S. Representative Wade Hampton I, son-in-law of U.S. Representative Francis Preston, and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator William Campbell Preston.