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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames GUNN
(1753-1801)
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1801Party: Anti-Administration;
FederalistGUNN, James, a Delegate
and a Senator from Georgia; born in Virginia, March 13, 1753;
attended the common schools; studied law; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; served during the
Revolutionary War and, as a captain of dragoons, participated in
the relief of Savannah, Ga., in 1782; served in county and state
militia, becoming brigadier general in the latter; elected to the
Continental Congress in 1787 but did not serve; elected to the
United States Senate in 1789; reelected in 1795 and served from
March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1801; died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., July 30, 1801; interment in Old Capitol Cemetery.
Bibliography
Mellichamp, Josephine. “James Gunn.” In Senators
from Georgia. pp. 23-26. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers,
1976; Lamplugh, George R. “The Importance of Being Truculent:
James Gunn, the Chatham Militia, and Georgia Politics,
1782-1789.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 80 (Summer
1996): 227-45.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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