OVERVIEW:
BORN:
July 28, 1751;
Savannah, Georgia
DIED:
November 17, 1815;
Savannah, Georgia
EDUCATION:
Attended Princeton University
POLITICAL PARTY:
Independent
HIGHLIGHTS:
1775:
Member of Georgia Council of Safety,
Member of the Provincial Council
1776-1783:
Georgia Militia/ Continental Army
1785:
Delegate to the Continental Congress
1788:
Member of the Georgia Constitutional Convention
1792-1793
Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
1795-1801:
U.S. Postmaster General
1802-1815:
President, Georgia Branch of the U.S. Bank
RESOURCES:
UVA Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Wikipedia