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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam FEW
(1748-1828)
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1793Party: Anti-AdministrationFEW, William, a Delegate
and a Senator from Georgia; born near Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1748;
moved with his parents to Orange County, N.C., in 1758; completed
preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Augusta, Ga., in 1776; member, State house of
representatives 1777, 1779, 1783, 1793; member of the State
executive council in 1777 and 1778; engaged in the expedition for
the subjugation of east Florida in 1778; presiding judge of the
Richmond County court and surveyor general in 1778; served as
lieutenant colonel of the Richmond County Militia in 1779; Member
of the Continental Congress 1780-1782 and 1786-1788; original
trustee for establishing the University of Georgia in 1785;
delegate to the convention which framed the Federal Constitution in
1787; delegate to the Georgia convention that ratified the Federal
Constitution in 1788; elected to the United States Senate and
served from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1793; unsuccessful candidate
for election to the United States Senate in 1795; judge of the
circuit court of Georgia 1794-1797; moved to New York City in 1799;
member, State assembly 1802-1805; State prison inspector 1802-1810;
United States Commissioner of Loans 1804; director of the Manhattan
Bank 1804-1814, and president in 1814; served as alderman
1813-1814; died in Fishkill, N.Y., July 16, 1828; interment in
Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, N.Y.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Few, William.
“Autobiography of Colonel William Few of Georgia.”
Magazine of American History 7 (November 1881): 343-58;
“Senator Few on the First Session of the First Congress,
1790.” American Historical Review 16 (July 1911):
789-90.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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