William Moultrie
American politician
Died when: 74 years 308 days (898 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
William Moultrie (/ˈmuːltriː/;November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was an American planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War.
As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor.
After independence, Moultrie advanced as a politician; he was elected by the legislature twice within a decade as Governor of South Carolina (1785–87, 1792–94), serving two terms. (The state constitution kept power in the hands of the legislature and prohibited governors from serving two terms in succession.)
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