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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLott WARREN
(1797-1861)
WARREN, Lott, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Burke County, near Augusta,
Richmond County, Ga., October 30, 1797; attended the common
schools; moved to Dublin, Laurens County, Ga., in 1816; served as a
second lieutenant of Volunteers in the expedition against the
Seminoles in 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and
commenced practice in Dublin, Laurens County, Ga.; was also a
regularly ordained Baptist minister, but never filled a definite
charge; moved to Marion in 1825; elected major of the State militia
in 1823; member of the State house of representatives in 1824 and
1831; served in the State senate in 1830; solicitor general and
judge of the southern circuit of Georgia 1831-1834; moved to
Americus, Sumter County, in 1836; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3,
1843); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; moved to
Albany in 1842; was judge of the superior court of Georgia
1843-1852; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Albany,
Dougherty County, Ga., June 17, 1861; interment in Riverside
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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