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During his second term as Governor of Georgia, beginning in 1837, Gilmer supported and expedited the Federal government in the final removal of Indians from Georgia. [9] This process came to be termed the Trail of Tears. Gilmer was a presidential elector in 1836 for Hugh Lawson White and in 1840 for William Henry Harrison. [10]
Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 2, 1788. [1] Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain . It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, [ 2 ] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [ 3 ]
This is the list of leaders of Georgia since 1918, during the periods of the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), Soviet Georgia (1921–1991), and current Georgia. For the head of government, see President of Georgia.
George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor of Georgia for two terms and then returning to the U.S. Senate.
Republican Party governors of Georgia (U.S. state) (5 P) Pages in category "Governors of Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Will Shortz, the longtime crossword puzzle editor of the New York Times and NPR’s “puzzlemaster” for more than three decades, suffered a stroke last month and has spent the last several ...
The Georgia Republican Party has booted longtime President-elect Trump critic former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), who backed Vice President Harris’s 2024 bid for the White House. A resolution from ...
Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821 – November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was an American attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms.