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Wade Hampton II (April 21, 1791 – February 10, 1858) was a United States Army officer, planter and politician who served in the War of 1812.He was a member of the Hampton family, whose influence was strong in South Carolina politics and social circles for nearly 100 years.
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In April 2006, about 20 poker players were arrested when police in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, raided a weekly home poker game.The players were charged under South Carolina state statute 16-19-40 "Unlawful Games and Betting" which had been written and enacted by the South Carolina state legislature 204 years before, in 1802, during the first term of Thomas Jefferson's Presidency.
Section 16-19-40 of the South Carolina Code of Laws goes into detail about the types of gambling prohibited in the state. Section 16-19-50 goes further, defining unlawful gaming tables.
Location of Columbia in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The husband of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and brother of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn were given shares of a company that leased slot machines to a North Carolina tribal casino that needed ...
Wade Hampton I (1752–1835) was a lieutenant colonel in the American Revolutionary War, brigadier general in the War of 1812, a congressman, and a wealthy planter.When he died in 1835, he was considered one of the wealthiest men in America [3] with plantations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina; he was the wealthiest planter in the Southern United States.
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