John S. Cogdell | |
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5th Comptroller General of South Carolina | |
In office 1819–1821 | |
Governor | John Geddes Thomas Bennett, Jr. |
Preceded by | Robert Creswell |
Succeeded by | Thomas Lee |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
John Stevens Cogdell was an American sculptor who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was also a lawyer and public official, and was a member of the city's St. Cecilia Society. He served as Comptroller General of South Carolina. In 1827, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.