Wade Hampton III

Wade Hampton III
Wade Hampton III
	Wade Hampton during the Civil War
United States Senator; from South Carolina
	In office; March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	John J. Patterson
Succeeded by	John L. M. Irby
77th Governor of South Carolina
	In office; April 11, 1877 – February 26, 1879
Lieutenant	William Dunlap Simpson
Preceded by	Daniel Henry Chamberlain
Succeeded by	William Dunlap Simpson
	In office; December 14, 1876 – April 11, 1877; Disputed with Daniel Chamberlain
Member of the South Carolina Senate; from Richland County
	In office; November 22, 1858 – October 8, 1861
Preceded by	John Smith Preston
Succeeded by	Edward John Arthur
Member of the ; South Carolina House of Representatives; from Richland County
	In office; November 22, 1852 – November 22, 1858
Personal details
Born	March 28, 1818; Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	April 11, 1902 (aged 84); Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting place	Trinity Cathedral Churchyard
Party	Democratic
Relations	Wade Hampton I (grandfather)
Parent(s)	Wade Hampton II; Ann Fitzsimmons
Alma mater	South Carolina College
Profession	planter, soldier, politician
Committees	United States railroad commissioner 1893–1897
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Hampton's Legion; Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars	See battles American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run (WIA); Peninsula Campaign Siege of Yorktown; Battle of Eltham's Landing; Battle of Seven Pines (WIA); Seven Days Battles Battle of White Oak Swamp; ; ; Maryland Campaign Battle of Antietam; Raid on Chambersburg; ; Gettysburg campaign Battle of Brandy Station (WIA); Battle of Upperville; Battle of Fairfax Court House; Battle of Hanover; Battle of Hunterstown (WIA); Battle of Gettysburg (WIA); ; Overland Campaign Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Todd's Tavern; Battle of Spotsylvania; Battle of North Anna; Battle of Haw's Shop; Battle of Cold Harbor; Battle of Trevilian Station; Battle of Saint Mary's Church; ; Siege of Petersburg Battle of Sappony Church; Second Battle of Ream's Station; Beefsteak Raid; Battle of Vaughan Road; Battle of Boydton Plank Road; ; Carolinas Campaign Capture of Columbia; Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads; Battle of Bentonville; Battle of Morrisville; ; ;

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Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902) was an American politician from South Carolina. He was a prominent member of one of the richest families in the antebellum Southern United States, owning thousands of acres of cotton land in South Carolina and Mississippi, as well as thousands of slaves. He became a senior general in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He also had a career as a leading Democratic Party politician in state and national affairs.

By 1877, at the end of the Reconstruction era, Hampton was a leader of the Redeemers, white Southerners who successfully fought to restore white supremacy in the state. His campaign for governor was marked by extensive violence by the Red Shirts, a white-supremacist paramilitary group that disrupted elections and suppressed black voters in the state. Hampton was elected governor, serving from 1876 to 1879. After that, he served two terms as U.S. Senator from 1879 to 1891.