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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaCowles MEAD
(1776-1844)
MEAD, Cowles, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Virginia October 18, 1776;
received an English education; lawyer, private practice; presented
credentials as a Member-elect to the Ninth Congress (March 4,
1805-December 24, 1805), when he was succeeded by Thomas Spalding,
who contested his election; secretary of Mississippi Territory,
1806-1807; Acting Governor of Mississippi, 1806-1807; member of the
Mississippi state house of representatives, 1807 and 1822-1823;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirteenth Congress in
1812; delegate to the first constitutional convention of
Mississippi in 1817; unsuccessful candidate for election to the
Sixteenth Congress in 1818; served in the Mississippi state senate,
1821; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of
Mississippi in 1825; died on May 17, 1844, on his plantation,
“Greenwood,” Hinds County, Miss.; interment on his
estate.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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