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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJoseph HABERSHAM
(1751-1815)
HABERSHAM, Joseph,
(brother of John Habersham and uncle of Richard W. Habersham), a
Delegate from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., July 28, 1751;
attended preparatory schools and Princeton College; became
successful merchant, planter, and, with his cousin Joseph Clay,
engaged in the mercantile business; member of the council of safety
and the Provincial Council in 1775; major of a battalion of Georgia
militiamen and subsequently a colonel in the Continental Army;
Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1785; member of the
convention in 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution; mayor
of the city of Savannah 1792-1793; appointed Postmaster General of
the United States by President Washington in 1795 and served until
1801; president of the branch bank of the United States at
Savannah, Ga., from 1802 until his death on November 17, 1815.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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