Seaton Grantland (June 8, 1782 – October 18, 1864) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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. He pursued an academic course and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

Milledgeville, Georgia Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon and bordered on the east by the Oconee River. The rapid current of the river here made this an attractive location to buil ...

. Grantland was elected as a

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to the

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and reelected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839). He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840. He died at his home, "Woodville," near Milledgeville in 1864. He was buried in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville.

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