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Ralph Izard (January 23, 1741/1742 – May 30, 1804) was an American politician who served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1794.[1]
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Ralph Izard | |
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Ralph Izard, 1793, by John Trumbull | |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office May 31, 1794 – November 9, 1794 | |
| Preceded by | John Langdon |
| Succeeded by | Henry Tazewell |
| United States Senator from South Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Read |
| Delegate from South Carolina to the Congress of the Confederation | |
| In office November 4, 1782 – November 1, 1783 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 23, 1741 / 1742 near Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | May 30, 1804 (aged 62–63) near Charleston, South Carolina |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Spouse | Alice De Lancey Izard |
| Children | Henry Izard Ralph Izard George Izard Charlotte Izard |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Profession | Planter |
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Izard was born at "The Elms" near Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of Henry Izard and Margaret Johnson. His great-grandfather was Ralph Izard[2] (1660–1710), who was born in Dorchester, England and settled in South Carolina. His maternal grandfather was Province of South Carolina Governor Robert Johnson. Izard's parents died when he was a small child, and only one of his siblings survived to adulthood.
He spent most of his childhood and youth studying in England: he attended a school in Hackney, London, and matriculated as a fellow-commoner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3] Izard returned to America in 1764, but did not remain in South Carolina for long.[4] He was elected the American Society (later the American Philosophical Society) in 1768.[5]
He resided in London in 1771 and moved to Paris, France, in 1776. He was appointed commissioner to the Court of Tuscany by the Continental Congress in 1776, but was recalled in 1779. He returned to America in 1780 and pledged his large estate in South Carolina for the payment of war ships to be used in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. In 1788, he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1795, serving as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Third Congress.[4]
Izard was one of the founders of the College of Charleston. Izard retired from public life to the care of his estates in 1795. Within two years of his retirement, he was stricken with an untreatable illness that paralyzed him on one side of his body.
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In 1767, Izard married Alice De Lancey, who was a niece of James DeLancey and a descendant of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Gertrude Schuyler. After Izard moved to America in 1780 to focus on his work towards the American Revolution, his family stayed in France until 1783 when they joined him in South Carolina. Izard and his wife had fourteen children together, but only seven survived past early childhood, including:[6]
Izard died near Charleston on May 30, 1804, at the age of sixty-two. He is interred in the churchyard of St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Church, near Charleston.[4]
Izard was a slaveholder.[7][8]
A great-grandson of Ralph Izard was Charles Manigault Morris who was also a great-grandson of Lewis Morris. A cousin of Charles Manigault Morris was General Arthur Middleton Manigault who was descended from Mary Izard-cousin of Ralph Izard.
A cousin Sarah Izard married South Carolina Loyalist Governor Lord William Campbell. A cousin twice removed was Elizabeth {Eliza} Izard who was a daughter-in-law of Congressman of South Carolina Thomas Pinckney. One niece Elizabeth Izard married Alexander Wright (1751–?), a son of Loyalist Governor of Georgia James Wright (governor).
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