Robert C. De Large

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(March 15, 1842 — February 14, 1874) De Large as an American politician and businessman. Robert Carlos De Large was born in Aiken, South Carolina and lived there through high school. After graduating from Wood High School, he entered the agriculture business where he worked until starting his political career in 1868. De Large served as a member to the State House of Representatives (1868-1870) and delegate to the State constitutional convention (1868). He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-Second Congress and served in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1871 until January 24, 1873, after Christopher C. Bowen successfully contested the election and De Large’s seat was declared vacant. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000208]

Member of South Carolina Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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