# Thomas D. Singleton

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{other people|Thomas Singleton}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Thomas Day Singleton
|image =
|birth_date = unknown
|birth_place = [Kingstree, South Carolina](/source/Kingstree%2C_South_Carolina)
|death_date = November 25, 1833
|death_place = [Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina)
|resting_place = [Congressional Cemetery](/source/Congressional_Cemetery), [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)
|state1 = [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina)
|district1 = [3rd](/source/South_Carolina's_3rd_congressional_district)
|term_start1 = March 4, 1833
|term_end1 = November 25, 1833
|predecessor1 = [Thomas R. Mitchell](/source/Thomas_R._Mitchell)
|successor1 = [Robert B. Campbell](/source/Robert_B._Campbell)
|office2 = Member of the [South Carolina House of Representatives](/source/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives)
|term2 = 1826-1833
|party = [Nullifier](/source/Nullifier_Party)
}}

'''Thomas Day Singleton''' (Birth date unknown &ndash; November 25, 1833) was a slaveowner<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weil |first=Julie Zauzmer |last2=Blanco |first2=Adrian |last3=Dominguez |first3=Leo |title=More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> and [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina). He was born near [Kingstree, South Carolina](/source/Kingstree%2C_South_Carolina) but his birth date is unknown.

Singleton was a member of the [South Carolina House of Representatives](/source/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives), 1826-1833. He was elected as a [Nullifier](/source/Nullifier) to the [Twenty-third Congress](/source/Twenty-third_Congress) and served without having qualified, from March 3, 1833, until his death in [Raleigh, North Carolina](/source/Raleigh%2C_North_Carolina), November 25, 1833, while en route to [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) He was buried in the [Congressional Cemetery](/source/Congressional_Cemetery), Washington, D.C.

==See also==
*[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

==References==
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|state=South Carolina
|district=3
|before=[Thomas R. Mitchell](/source/Thomas_R._Mitchell)
|years=1833
|after=[Robert B. Campbell](/source/Robert_B._Campbell)}}
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