Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870
Date of birth
1783-01-14
Date of death
1870-12-26
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 45920906
Wikidata: Q357721
Library of congress: n 90638371
Sources of Information
  • NUCMC data from Emory Univ. Lib. for Fort, T. Papers, 1808-1882(Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870)
  • LC data base, 4-30-90(hdg.: Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870)
  • WWWA, 1607-1896(Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870; lawyer, Georgia legislator and govr.; U.S. senator, 1837-1841)
  • Georgia. General Assembly. Communication from the executive of Georgia to the Governor of Maryland, enclosing resolutions relative to the federal relations, 1833:p. 2 (Wilson Lumpkin)
  • Glashan, R.R. American governors and gubernatorial elections, 1975:p. 62, etc. (Wilson Lumpkin; became governor of Georgia Nov. 9, 1831; succeeded by William Schley Nov. 4, 1835; lawyer; b. Jan. 14, 1783; d. Dec. 26, 1870)
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Wikipedia description:

Wilson Lumpkin (January 14, 1783 – December 28, 1870) was an American planter, attorney, and politician. He served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 1831 to 1835, in the period of Indian Removal of the Creek and Cherokee peoples to Indian Territory to make way for development of their lands by European Americans. He also served in the state house, and as a United States representative and US Senator. He ran from Clarke County, Georgia, in the northeast part of the state.

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