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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames MERIWETHER
(1789-1854)
MERIWETHER, James, (son of
David Meriwether and uncle of James A. Meriwether), a
Representative from Georgia; born near Washington, Wilkes County,
Ga., in 1789; attended the common schools; was graduated from the
University of Georgia at Athens in 1807; instructor in the
university for a year; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
practiced for a short period, later engaging in agricultural
pursuits; served under General Floyd in the war against the Creek
Indians in 1813; United States commissioner to the Cherokee
Indians; trustee of the University of Georgia 1816-1831; member of
the state house of representatives 1821-1823; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3,
1827); was not a candidate for renomination in 1826; resumed
agricultural pursuits; died while on a trip to the West, near
Memphis, Tenn., in 1854; interment in the family burying ground on
the plantation in Clarke County, near Athens, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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