H 4070 Concurrent Resolution, By Harvin, J.J. Bailey, J.M. Baxley, G.A. Brown, 
D.M. Bruce, J.D. Cole, Elliott, T.L. Farr, S.E. Gonzales, B.H. Harwell, 
T.E. Huff, Inabinett, Keegan, K.G. Kempe, Kennedy, Littlejohn, S.G. Manly, 
L.M. Martin, J.G. Mattos, McCraw, Meacham, Neilson, Phillips, Rhoad, Riser, 
Sharpe, R. Smith, J.J. Snow, C.L. Sturkie, Vaughn, C.C. Wells and D.A. Wright
 A Concurrent Resolution authorizing the hanging of the portrait of Sarah
 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, South Carolina's only "First Lady", in the State
 House in a location to be selected by the State House Committee.

   01/14/92  House  Introduced HJ-170
   01/14/92  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-171

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE HANGING OF THE PORTRAIT OF SARAH ANGELICA SINGLETON VAN BUREN, SOUTH CAROLINA'S ONLY "FIRST LADY", IN THE STATE HOUSE IN A LOCATION TO BE SELECTED BY THE STATE HOUSE COMMITTEE.

Whereas, according to the research of Joseph C. Elliott of Aiken in his excellent article, "A Tale of Two Sisters", published in the January/February 1991 issue of Sandlapper magazine, Sarah Angelica Singleton Van Buren was born a few miles south of Stateburg, a daughter of Colonel Richard Singleton, who was a grandson of a well-known couple from whom a number of South Carolina governors descended, General Richard Richardson and his wife Mary Cantey, both buried in the family cemetery near Summerton; and

Whereas, Colonel Singleton owned a cottage at White Sulphur Springs in Virginia near the residence of President Martin Van Buren and often permitted his daughter to accompany him to the famous waters; and

Whereas, she spent two social seasons in Washington, D.C. with her cousin and mentor, Dolley Madison, who strongly felt the White House should have an official hostess since president Van Buren was a widower; and

Whereas, Dolley Madison arranged the introduction in 1837 between Angelica Singleton of South Carolina and President Van Buren's oldest son, Abraham, a West Point graduate and the President's private secretary, and in 1838 Angelica and Abraham were married; and

Whereas, after the wedding, the President spent two weeks at the Singleton plantation in South Carolina, where the ceremony took place, and returned to Washington immediately upon leaving the State to announce his new daughter-in-law's designation as the official hostess of the White House; and

Whereas, Angelica Singleton Van Buren brought tremendous grace and charm to her new post and was considered a most attractive and gracious hostess; and

Whereas, she was a credit to her State and her country and is greatly deserving of the honor of having her portrait placed in the State House of her native South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, authorizes the hanging of the portrait of Sarah Angelica Singleton Van Buren, South Carolina's only "First Lady", in the State House in a location to be selected by the State House Committee.