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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn MILLEDGE
(1757-1818)
Senate Years of Service:
1806-1809Party: Democratic
RepublicanMILLEDGE, John, a
Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga.,
in 1757; was tutored privately; studied law; admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; served in the
Revolutionary War and was one of the patriots who rifled the powder
magazine in Savannah; narrowly missed being hanged as a spy;
attorney general of Georgia 1780; member of the State general
assembly for several sessions; elected to the Second Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring the seat of Anthony
Wayne vacant, and served from November 22, 1792, to March 3, 1793;
subsequently elected to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses (March 4,
1795-March 3, 1799); again elected as a Democratic Republican to
the Seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1801, until his
resignation in May 1802; chairman, Committee on Elections (Seventh
Congress); Governor of Georgia 1802-1806; elected as a Democratic
Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of James Jackson; reelected in 1806 and served from
June 19, 1806, until November 14, 1809, when he resigned; served as
President pro tempore of the Senate during the Tenth Congress; one
of the founders of the University of Georgia at Athens; died on his
plantation near Augusta, Ga., February 9, 1818; interment in
Summerville Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Mellichamp, Josephine.
“John Milledge.” In Senators From Georgia. pp.
53-6. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976; Salley, Harriett
(Milledge), ed. Correspondence of John Milledge. Columbia,
SC: State Commercial Printing Co., 1949.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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