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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Alfred CUTHBERT
(1788-1881)
CUTHBERT, John Alfred,
(brother of Alfred Cuthbert), a Representative from Georgia; born
in Savannah, Ga., June 3, 1788; was graduated from Princeton
College in 1805; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and
commenced practice in Eatonton, Ga.; member of the State house of
representatives in 1811, 1813, and 1817; commanded a volunteer
company during the War of 1812; served in the State senate in 1814
and 1815; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March
4, 1819-March 3, 1821); appointed by President Monroe a
commissioner to treat with the Creek and Cherokee Indians in 1822;
again a member of the State house of representatives in 1822;
secretary of the State senate in 1830, 1833, and 1834; editor and
subsequently proprietor of the Federal Union at Milledgeville, Ga.,
1831-1837; moved to Mobile, Ala., in 1837 and practiced law;
elected judge of the county court of Mobile County in 1840, and
appointed by the Governor judge of the circuit court of the same
county in 1852; retired from the bench and practiced law until his
death at “Sans Souci,” on Mon Luis Island, near Mobile,
Ala., September 22, 1881; interment in a private burying ground on
Mon Luis Island.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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