U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Franklin College, in 1816; studied law, admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Greensboro, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, (1821-34) and a member of the Georgia State Senate, (1834-35). During the Florida Creek and Seminole War, he served in 1836, as a Captain in the U.S. Volunteers. In November 1836, he was elected as a State Rights candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Coffee, reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1841. He was judge of the Ocmulgee circuit court 1845 and elected as a Whig to the United States Senate, serving (1849-55). He also was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Free Masons in Georgia, from 1843 until his death at age 86.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Franklin College, in 1816; studied law, admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Greensboro, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives, (1821-34) and a member of the Georgia State Senate, (1834-35). During the Florida Creek and Seminole War, he served in 1836, as a Captain in the U.S. Volunteers. In November 1836, he was elected as a State Rights candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Coffee, reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1841. He was judge of the Ocmulgee circuit court 1845 and elected as a Whig to the United States Senate, serving (1849-55). He also was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Free Masons in Georgia, from 1843 until his death at age 86.
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