| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1805, Apr. | Born, Togadoo, Colleton County, S.C. |
| 1829 | Admitted to the bar |
| 1832-1834 | Member, South Carolina house of representatives |
| 1834-1843 | Member, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1844-1846 | Member, South Carolina senate |
| 1856 | Married Lucy Petway Holcombe (died 1899) |
| 1858-1860 | Minister to Russia |
| 1860-1862 | Governor of South Carolina |
| 1869, Jan. 25 | Died, Edgefield, S.C. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1813, Dec. 25 | Born, Red Bank (now Saluda), S.C. |
| 1834 | Graduated, South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina), Columbia, S.C. |
| 1836 | Major and adjutant general, South Carolina Brigade, in the Seminole War |
| 1837 | Admitted to the bar and commenced law practice, Edgefield, S.C. |
| 1846-1848 | Lieutenant colonel and colonel, Twelfth Regiment, United States Infantry, during Mexican War |
| 1840-1843 | Member, South Carolina house of representatives |
| 1848-1857 | Solicitor,southern circuit of South Carolina |
| 1857-1860 | Member, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1861 | Appointed major general and commander, Army of South Carolina, by Governor F. W. Pickens (February); appointed brigadier general (April) |
| 1862 | Entered Confederate Congress |
| 1862-1864 | Governor of South Carolina |
| 1865 | Appointed brigadier general of cavalry, Confederate Army |
| 1865-1866 | Member, South Carolina house of representatives |
| 1878 | Appointed state railroad commissioner, South Carolina |
| 1890, Aug. 27 | Died, White Sulphur Springs, N.C. |
