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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaDaniel NEWNAN
(17801851)
NEWNAN, Daniel, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C.,
about 1780; completed preparatory studies; attended the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1796 and 1797; commissioned
ensign and second lieutenant in the Fourth United States Infantry,
March 3, 1799; promoted to first lieutenant the following November
and resigned January 1, 1801; engaged in planting; commanded the
Georgia Volunteers in the Creek War 1812-1814; major general of the
third division of state militia in 1817; superintendent of the
state penitentiary 1823-1825; secretary of state of Georgia
1825-1827; the city of Newnan, Ga., was named for him in 1828;
elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4,
1831-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful for reelection in 1832 to the
Twenty-third Congress; died near Rossville, Ga., January 16, 1851;
interment in Newnan Springs (Ga.) Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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