Barnabas Kelet Henagan (June 7, 1798 – January 10, 1855) was a physician and South Carolina politician who became the 58th Governor due to the death of Patrick Noble on April 7, 1840.
Barnabas Kelet Hanagan | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State of South Carolina | |
| In office December 2, 1846 – December 7, 1850 | |
| Governor | David Johnson Whitemarsh B. Seabrook |
| Preceded by | Robert Q. Pinckney |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Perry |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from Marion District | |
| In office November 25, 1844 – December 2, 1846 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Gause |
| Succeeded by | Robert Harllee |
| 58th Governor of South Carolina | |
| In office April 7, 1840 – December 9, 1840 | |
| Lieutenant | None |
| Preceded by | Patrick Noble |
| Succeeded by | John Peter Richardson II |
| 38th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina | |
| In office December 7, 1838 – April 7, 1840 | |
| Governor | Patrick Noble |
| Preceded by | William DuBose |
| Succeeded by | William K. Clowney |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from Marlboro District | |
| In office November 24, 1834 – November 26, 1838 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Blair Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel C. Murdoch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1798 Marlboro District |
| Died | January 10, 1855 (aged 56) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Resting place | Rogers Cemetery, Marlboro County, South Carolina |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
| Profession | physician, planter |
Early life and career
editHenagan was born in Marlboro District on June 7, 1798, to Darby and Drusilla Henegan. He was educated at the academies in Marlboro County and he went on to study medicine at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Afterwards he returned to South Carolina to practice medicine as a physician and he also engaged in planting. In 1826, he became the president of the Brownsville Minerva Academy.
Political career
editHenagan won election to the South Carolina Senate in 1834 and was elected by the General Assembly to be the 38th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1838. In the final year of his term, Governor Patrick Noble died on April 7, 1840, and Henagan assumed the governorship. His term as governor lasted less than a year, but Henagan deplored to the Legislature the poor condition of the public schools in the state and the corruption of the electoral process. After leaving office in 1840, Henagan was reelected to the state Senate in 1844 and served as the Secretary of State from 1846 to 1850.
Later life
editHenagan died on January 10, 1855, in Charleston and was buried at Rogers Cemetery in Marlboro County.
References
edit- Wallace, David Duncan (1951). South Carolina: A Short History. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 461, 489.