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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | George Gilmer |
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Lexington, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 11, 1790
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| Died | November 16, 1859
(69 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | GILMER, George Rockingham, a Representative from Georgia; born near Lexington, Wilkes (now Oglethorpe) County, Ga., 4/11/1790; attended a classical school and an academy at Abbeville, S.C.; taught a private school while studying law; served as first lieutenant in the Forty-third Regiment, United States Infantry, from 1813 to 1815 in the campaign against the Creek Indians and built a fort on the Chattahoochie River near the present city of Atlanta; resumed the study of law and began practice in Lexington in 1818
Georgia House 1818, 1819, and 1824
U.S. Representative (DR-GA) 1821-1823
Resumed the practice of law; trustee of the University of Georgia at Athens 1826-1857
U.S. Representative (D-GA) 1827-1829; elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward F. Tatnall; reelected to the Twenty-first Congress, but failing to signify his acceptance, the Governor announced a vacancy and ordered a new election
Governor (D-GA) 1829-1831
U.S. Representative (D-GA) 1833-1835; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-third Congress)
Presidential Elector (W-GA) 1836 and voted for White and Tyler and 1840
Governor (W-GA) 1837-1839
Author and historian; died in Lexington, Ga., November 16, 1859; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.
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