William T. Nuckolls

William Kennedy Clowney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1827  March 3, 1833
Preceded by Joseph Gist
Succeeded by William K. Clowney
Personal details
Born (1801-02-23)February 23, 1801
Union County, South Carolina
Died September 27, 1855(1855-09-27) (aged 54)
Political party Jacksonian
Alma mater South Carolina College
Profession lawyer, planter

William Thompson Nuckolls (February 23, 1801 – September 27, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born near Hancockville, Union (now Cherokee) County, South Carolina, Nuckolls graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1820. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Nuckolls was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833). He died on his plantation near Hancockville, South Carolina, on September 27, 1855. He was interred in Whig Hill Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph Gist
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 7th congressional district

1827–1833
Succeeded by
William K. Clowney
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