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Joseph Bellinger

American politician

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American politician

Field	Value
name	Joseph Bellinger
birth_date
birth_place	Colleton County, Province of South Carolina, British America
death_date
death_place	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
resting_place	Ashepoo, South Carolina
state	South Carolina
district	4th
term_start	March 4, 1817
term_end	March 3, 1819
predecessor	John J. Chappell
successor	James Overstreet
office2	Member of the South Carolina Senate from Barnwell District
term2	November 26, 1810 – December 24, 1813
office3	Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Barnwell District
term3	November 24, 1806 – December 19, 1809
office4	Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. Luke's Parish
term4	November 22, 1802 – December 19, 1805
profession	planter
party	Democratic-Republican

Joseph Bellinger (1773January 10, 1830) was a slave owner and U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was born at the Bellinger Plantation in Saint Bartholomew Parish, Ashepoo in Colleton County in the Province of South Carolina and was a planter by trade. He owned the "Aeolian Lawn" slave plantation.

He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1809 and of the State senate from Barnwell District from 1810 to 1813. Bellinger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth Congress.

He died at Charleston, South Carolina, on January 10, 1830, aged around 56 years old. He was interred in the Bellinger private burial ground, Poco Sabo Plantation, Ashepoo, South Carolina.

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(2022-01-27). "Congress slaveowners". The Washington Post.

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