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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaRobert Raymond REID
(1789-1841)
REID, Robert Raymond, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Prince William Parish,
Beaufort District, S.C., September 8, 1789; attended South Carolina
College at Columbia; moved to Augusta, Ga.; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and began practice in 1810; elected judge of
the superior court of Georgia in 1816 and served until he was
elected to Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John
Forsyth; reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and
served from February 18, 1819, to March 3, 1823; was not a
candidate for renomination; judge of the middle circuit court of
Georgia 1823-1825; judge of the city court of Augusta 1827-1832;
United States judge for the district of east Florida 1832-1839;
Governor of the Territory of Florida 1839-1841; president of the
convention which framed a constitution for the State of Florida;
died in Blackwood, near Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., July 1,
1841.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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