Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was a planter; a soldier in the Colony of Virginia militia; a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American War of Independence, and a politician. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives and to the United States Senate, where he served from 1801-1810, when he retired. Sumter was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock," for both his fierce fighting style and his attack on British soldiers after they burned down his house during the Revolution.. }
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- Thomas_Sumter abstract "Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was a planter; a soldier in the Colony of Virginia militia; a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American War of Independence, and a politician. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives and to the United States Senate, where he served from 1801-1810, when he retired. Sumter was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock," for both his fierce fighting style and his attack on British soldiers after they burned down his house during the Revolution.".