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Political Party Strength In Georgia (U.S. State)
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia: * Governor *Lieutenant Governor * Secretary of State *Attorney General *State School Superintendent *Commissioner of Agriculture *Commissioner of Insurance *Commissioner of Labor The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: * State Senate * State House of Representatives *State Public Service Commission * State delegation to the United States Senate * State delegation to the United States House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority. 1775–1788 1789–1874 1875–present References See also * Politics in Georgia * Politics of Georgia {{DEFAULTSORT:Political Party Strength In Georgia (U.S. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Button Gwinnett
Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metropolitan Atlanta) was named for him. He was named in honor of his mother’s cousin, Barbara Button, who became his godmother. Gwinnett was killed in a duel by rival Lachlan McIntosh following a dispute after a failed invasion of East Florida. Early life and education Gwinnett was born in 1735 in the parish of Down Hatherley in the county of Gloucestershire, England, to a Welsh father, the Reverend Samuel Gwinnett, (Gwinnett deriving from the Welsh county of Gwynedd) and his wife, Anne. He was the third of his parents' seven children, born after his older sister Anna Maria and his older brother Samuel. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Brownson
Nathan Brownson (May 14, 1742 – November 6, 1796) was an American physician and statesman. He served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the Governor of Georgia in 1781. Nathan Brownson was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia. Early life Brownson was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, the sixth of ten children born to Timothy (1701–1766) and Abgail Jenner (1707–1784). He graduated from Yale in 1761 and practiced medicine in his hometown. In 1769 he married Elizabeth Lewis. The couple moved to St. John Parish, Georgia, in 1774 and began working a 500-acre plantation near Savannah. He settled in Liberty County, Georgia in 1764 and began his medical practice. Brownson’s wife died in 1775, and the following year he married Elizabeth McLean, with whom he had two children. Revolutionary War In 1774, St. John Parish was a hotbed of revolutionary activity; many of its people were New England Congregationalists by way of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stirk
Samuel Stirk (1756 – 1793) was an English attorney from Savannah, Province of Georgia, in the 18th century. He was a lieutenant colonel of the Georgia Militia and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress was creating a new country it first named "United Colonies" and in 1 .... By the time of his death, aged 36 or 37, he was known as a "Georgian of distinction". Life and career Stirk was born in England in 1756 to Nathan and Mary. During the American Revolutionary War, he was lieutenant colonel in 1778. He was with Button Gwinnett in the "disastrous expedition against East Florida".''Letter from Samuel Stirk to Brigadier General Twiggs'', ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', volume 1, no. 4 (December 1917), Georgia Historical Society, pp. 344–346 He was elected Attorney General of Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrick Davies
Myrick Davies ( ? – 1781) was an American politician. He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781 after Stephen Heard moved to North Carolina. Following his death in 1781, Nathan Brownson Nathan Brownson (May 14, 1742 – November 6, 1796) was an American physician and statesman. He served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the Governor of Georgia in 1781. Nathan Brownson was a member of the Society ... became governor. Davies was killed by Loyalists. External links Article from the Probert Encyclopedia*Northern, William J. and John Temple Graves. '' Men of mark in Georgia: a complete and elaborate history of the state from its settlement to the present time, chiefly told in biographies and autobiographies of the most eminent men of each period of Georgia's progress and development''. (A. B. Caldwell, 1906) p. 53. Year of birth missing 1781 deaths Governors of Georgia (U.S. state) Independent state governors of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Heard
Stephen Heard (November 1, 1740 – November 15, 1815) was an American planter, politician and military officer who briefly served as president of Georgia and was sometimes called "governor". Born in Virginia, Heard fought in the French and Indian War in the Virginia militia under George Washington, then with his father and brother moved to the Georgia colony based on a land grant for such service, and built two forts in Wilkes County called "Fort Heard". During the American Revolutionary War Heard served as a lieutenant colonel in the Georgia militia under Lieutenant John Dooly. He fought with Gen. Elijah Clarke at the Battle of Kettle Creek where he was captured but escaped. Voters elected Heard to the Georgia House of Representatives, where he served from 1779 to 1795 (the war officially ending in 1783). Heard's Fort was designated the seat of government for Georgia on February 3, 1780 and remained such until 1781, then developed into the town of Washington, Georgia (still the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Wells
Humphrey Wells was an American politician who served as the Governor of Georgia for only two days, from February 16, 1780, to February 18, 1780. He resigned the office to Stephen Heard Stephen Heard (November 1, 1740 – November 15, 1815) was an American planter, politician and military officer who briefly served as president of Georgia and was sometimes called "governor". Born in Virginia, Heard fought in the French and Indian .... Before that, he served as a member of the Executive Council of Georgia. References Governors of Georgia (U.S. state) Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Independent state governors of the United States Georgia (U.S. state) Independents {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Milledge
John Milledge (1757February 9, 1818) was an American politician. He fought in the American Revolution and later served as United States Representative, 26th Governor of Georgia, and United States Senator. Milledge was a founder of Athens, Georgia, and the University of Georgia. From January to May 1809, Milledge served briefly as President pro tempore of the United States Senate. Revolutionary War John Milledge was born in Savannah, the grandson of an original settler of Georgia. He was tutored privately and studied law. After being admitted to the bar, he opened a law practice in Savannah. He owned slaves. At the onset of the Revolutionary War, Milledge was part of a group that took colonial governor Sir James Wright as a prisoner in 1775. He also took part in a raid of Savannah's royal armory to procure gunpowder for the revolutionary cause. When the British captured Savannah, Milledge escaped to South Carolina, where American patriots nearly hanged him as a spy. He particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Howly
Richard Howly (1740 – December 1784), sometimes spelled Howley, was an American planter and lawyer from Liberty County, Georgia. He served briefly as the governor of Georgia in 1780, as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1781, and as chief justice of Georgia in 1782 and 1783. Early life Little is known about Howley's early life. In 1775 he married Sarah Fuller of Charleston, South Carolina, the widow of William Fuller and mother of two daughters. Subsequently, the couple had two daughters of their own, only one of whom reached adulthood. Revolutionary War When the Revolution began, Howley was practicing law in Sunbury, where he also owned a small plantation and a few slaves. He was not prominent in the early stages of the Revolution in Georgia. Savannah fell to the British on December 29, 1778, and Colonel Augustine Prevost began a siege of Sunbury. When Fort Morris surrendered in January 1779, Howley and his family fled to Augusta. The British occupied east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wereat
John Wereat (January 25, 1799) was an American politician and the List of Governors of Georgia, Governor of Georgia. Personal life Wereat was born in Road (now Rode, Somerset) in England, around 1733 and migrated to the colonies in 1759. He married the former Hannah Wilkinson. They arrived in Savannah in 1759, where John partnered with William Handley, who was related to Hannah. Political life John Wereat was appointed to the Council of Georgia on April 14, 1766. In the early years of the American Revolution, Wereat was a member of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety. From 1776 through the end of the war, he served as Georgia's Continental agent, representing the state in dealings with Congress. Wereat was a delegate for Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia in the Continental Congress and Governor of Georgia in 1779. During his term as governor, he fought against the Yazoo land fraud, organizing the Georgia Union Company in an attempt to buy western lands and prevent them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth John Cuthbert
Seth John Cuthbert (1739 – August 23, 1797) briefly served as the Chairman of the Supreme Executive Council (governor) of Georgia during the American Revolution. He was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1739. His first marriage was to Catherine (Kitty) Eustace, she was previously married to Dr. James Blair in Williamsburg, VA. (He was the son of John Blair Sr. and she was the sister of John Skey Eustace.) The marriage was never consummated and ended in a court battle (at Chatham County, Georgia) known as Blair v Blair. Dr. James Blair died before a divorce could be sought and she fought to receive her marriage portion. Catherine Blair died in 1780's. He remarried Mary Clay, daughter of Joseph Clay in 1785 and was the father of John Alfred Cuthbert and Alfred Cuthbert. Cuthbert also fought in the American Revolution. He later became state treasurer (1784-1786), and served on the Council of Safety In the American Revolution, committees of correspondence, committees of inspection ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Glascock
William Glascock (May 28, 1730 – served as Chairman of the Executive Council (governor) of Georgia during the American Revolution. He was from Augusta and was a veteran of the French and Indian War, Seminole Wars and the War of 1812. Glascock subsequently served in the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. Congress. He was the father of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Sr., and grandfather of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Jr. Early life Glascock was born on May 28, 1730, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, to Gregory and Alice (Elder) Glascock. He became a lawyer and moved to Augusta, Georgia. William had two children, Thomas, who married Mary Bacon, and Blanche, who married Captain Robert Walton. Political life In Augusta, he became involved in politics, serving as a representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. During the Revolutionary War, he was Speaker of the House. Glascock was labeled as a "Rebel Counselor" in the Disqualifying Act o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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