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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaGeorge Rockingham GILMER
(1790-1859)
GILMER, George Rockingham,
a Representative from Georgia; born near Lexington, Wilkes (now
Oglethorpe) County, Ga., April 11, 1790; attended a classical
school and an academy at Abbeville, S.C.; taught a private school
while studying law; served as first lieutenant in the Forty-third
Regiment, United States Infantry, from 1813 to 1815 in the campaign
against the Creek Indians and built a fort on the Chattahoochie
River near the present city of Atlanta; resumed the study of law
and began practice in Lexington in 1818; member of the State house
of representatives in 1818, 1819, and 1824; elected to as a
Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3,
1823); resumed the practice of law; trustee of the University of
Georgia at Athens 1826-1857; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Edward F. Tatnall and served from October 1, 1827, to March 3,
1829; reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, but
failing to signify his acceptance, the Governor announced a vacancy
and ordered a new election; Governor of Georgia 1829-1831; elected
as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March
3, 1835); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-third
Congress); presidential elector in 1836 and voted for White and
Tyler; again Governor of Georgia 1837-1839; presidential elector on
the Whig ticket in 1840; author and historian; died in Lexington,
Ga., November 16, 1859; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.
Bibliography
Coulter, E. Merton. “The Dispute over George R.
Gilmer’s Election to Congress in 1828.” Georgia
Historical Quarterly 52 (June 1968): 159-86.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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