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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaArchibald BULLOCH
(17301777)
BULLOCH, Archibald,
(father of William Bellinger Bulloch and great-great-grandfather of
Theodore Roosevelt), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Charleston,
S.C., about 1730; completed preparatory studies; studied law, was
admitted to the bar and practiced; commissioned lieutenant in a
South Carolina regiment in 1757; moved to Savannah, Ga., about
1762; appointed a member of the committee to correspond with
Benjamin Franklin for redress of grievances in 1768 and of the
committee to sympathize with the citizens of Boston; elected
speaker of the Georgia Royal assembly in 1772; president of the
Georgia provincial congress in 1775 and 1776; Member of the
Continental Congress in 1775; led a company to clear Tybee Island
of the enemy; elected by the provincial congress president and
commander in chief of Georgia and served from June 20, 1776, to
February 5, 1777, when the State government was adopted; signed the
first constitution of Georgia; died in Savannah, Ga., February 22,
1777; interment in Colonial Cemetery.
Bibliography
Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie. A Biographical Sketch of Hon.
Archibald Bulloch. [n.p., 190-?].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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