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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn HOUSTOUN
(1744-1796)
HOUSTOUN, John, a Delegate
from Georgia; born in Waynesboro, Ga., August 31, 1744; attended
the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; one of the four originators of
the “Sons of Liberty”; delegate to the Provincial
Congress of Georgia in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress in
1775; member of the executive council in 1777; Governor of Georgia
in 1778 and 1784; member of the commission to establish the
boundary line between Georgia and South Carolina; chief justice of
Georgia in 1786; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1787;
justice for Chatham County in 1787; mayor of Savannah in 1789 and
1790; judge of the State superior court in 1792; died at
“White Bluff,” near Savannah, Ga., July 20, 1796.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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