Patrick Noble | |
Order: | 57th |
Office: | Governor of South Carolina |
Term Start: | December 10, 1838 |
Term End: | April 7, 1840 |
Lieutenant: | Barnabas Kelet Henagan |
Predecessor: | Pierce Mason Butler |
Successor: | Barnabas Kelet Henagan |
Office1: | President of the South Carolina Senate |
Term1: | November 28, 1836 – December 8, 1838 |
Governor1: | George McDuffie Pierce Mason Butler |
Predecessor1: | Henry Deas |
Successor1: | Angus Patterson |
Office2: | Member of the South Carolina Senate from Abbeville District |
Term2: | November 28, 1836 – December 8, 1838 |
Office3: | 19th and 23rd Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives |
Term3: | November 25, 1833 – November 28, 1836 |
Governor3: | Robert Young Hayne George McDuffie |
Predecessor3: | Henry Laurens Pinckney |
Successor3: | David Lewis Wardlaw |
Term4: | December 18, 1818 – November 22, 1824 |
Governor4: | John Geddes Thomas Bennett, Jr. John Lyde Wilson |
Predecessor4: | Robert Young Hayne |
Successor4: | John Belton O'Neall |
Office5: | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Abbeville District |
Term5: | November 26, 1832 – November 28, 1836 |
Term6: | November 28, 1814 – November 22, 1824 |
Order7: | 34th |
Office7: | Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina |
Term7: | December 9, 1830 – December 10, 1832 |
Governor7: | James Hamilton, Jr. |
Predecessor7: | Thomas Williams |
Successor7: | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Birth Date: | 1787 |
Birth Place: | Town of Willington in McCormick County, South Carolina, US |
Death Place: | Columbia, South Carolina, US |
Resting Place: | Willington Cemetery in McCormick County, South Carolina |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | College of New Jersey |
Patrick Noble (1787April 7, 1840) was the 57th Governor of South Carolina from 1838 until his death in 1840.
Born in Abbeville District Present Day Mccormick County, South Carolina, near Willington, Noble was educated at Moses Waddel's School and he graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1806. Upon graduation, he was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced the practice of law with John C. Calhoun. Noble was additionally active with the South Carolina militia from 1813 to 1814 and he served as a major.
In 1814, Noble was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and was a member until 1824. The General Assembly elected Noble as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1830 for a two-year term. He was elected again to the House of Representatives upon the completion of his term as Lieutenant Governor in 1832 and he was elevated to the South Carolina Senate in 1836. Noble became Governor of South Carolina in 1838 upon election by the General Assembly. He was elected by 96-58 over Franklin H. Elmore.[1]
His term as governor was marked by the aftermath effects of the Panic of 1837, resulting in the Charleston banks suspending specie payments. Noble died on April 7, 1840, before the expiration of his term. He was buried in Willington at the family cemetery.
Noble married Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens (1797-1834), daughter of Lieutenant Governor Ezekiel Pickens. They had seven children, of whom Edward (1820-1889), a lawyer, state representative, and major in the Confederate Army, was probably the most prominent. Samuel (1832-1890) served in the Confederate Army and was later a successful lawyer in Galveston, Texas.