Theodore Gourdin (March 20, 1764 â January 17, 1826) was an American slaveholder and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1813 to 1815.
Born near Kingstree in the Province of South Carolina, Gourdin was educated in Charleston, and in Europe. He owned a plantation, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Gourdin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 â March 3, 1815).
After his term, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
He died in Pineville, South Carolina, January 17, 1826, and was interred in Episcopal Cemetery, St. Stephen, South Carolina.