Joseph Gist | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | John Wilson |
| Succeeded by | William T. Nuckolls |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | John McCreary |
| Succeeded by | John Carter |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1802–1817 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 12, 1775 Union District, Province of South Carolina, British America |
| Died | March 8, 1836 (aged 61) Pinckneyville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Jacksonian (after 1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic-Republican (until 1825) |
| Profession | lawyer |
Joseph Gist (January 12, 1775 – March 8, 1836) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek in the Union District of the Province of South Carolina. Gist moved to Charleston with his parents in 1788. He attended the common schools. He graduated from the College of Charleston. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799, and began practice in Pinckneyville, South Carolina, in 1800. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802 to 1817. He served as member of the board of trustees of South Carolina College at Columbia 1809–1821.
Gist was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, re-elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Pinckneyville, on March 8, 1836. He was interred in the family burial ground.