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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHenry OSBORNE
(1751-1800)
OSBORNE, Henry, a Delegate
from Georgia; born August 21, 1751, in Newton County, Lemardy,
Ireland; emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1779 and admitted to the
Philadelphia bar; judge advocate of the Pennsylvania militia,
October 1780; state notary public, July 1781; removed from all
state offices in June 1783 following supreme executive
council’s determination that he was a bigamist; settled near
St. Mary’s, Camden County, Ga., in December 1784; held
various state offices; member of the Georgia Assembly, 1786-1788;
elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786 but did
not attend; chief justice of Georgia March 1787-January 1789; judge
of the superior court in the western district 1789-1791; was
removed from office and convicted by the Georgia senate in December
1791 of election fraud in the election of Anthony Wayne to the U.S.
House of Representatives; his citizenship was restored under the
Georgia constitution of 1798; died on St. Simons Island, Ga.,
November 9, 1800.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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