John Gadsden
John Gadsden was the twenty-eighth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1827 to 1829.
John Gadsden was born on March 4, 1787, to Philip Gadsden and Catherine Gadsden. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1819 and was the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina from 1820 to 1831. On September 3, 1827, Gadsden was elected to a second term as intendent of Charleston, defeating N.G. Cleary by a vote of 655 to 281. He died January 24, 1831, and he is buried at St. Philip's Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
