Alfred Cuthbert

Alfred Cuthbert (born December 23, 1785 in Savannah , Georgia , † July 9, 1856 in Monticello , Georgia) was an American politician who represented the state of Georgia in both chambers of Congress .

Alfred Cuthbert initially received his school education from private teachers. He later attended Princeton College in New Jersey , where he graduated in 1803. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805; however, he did not practice as a lawyer. In 1809 he commanded an infantry regiment with the rank of captain .

Cuthbert's first political mandate was from 1810 to 1813 as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He was then elected as the representative of the Democratic Republican Party for the resigned William Wyatt Bibb to the House of Representatives of the United States , to which he belonged from December 13, 1813 until his own resignation on November 9, 1816. From 1817 to 1819 he sat in the Senate of Georgia before returning to the US House of Representatives, where he served three full terms from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1827. In 1826 he refused to run again.

After the resignation of US Senator John Forsyth , who moved to the office of US Secretary of State on July 1, 1834 , Alfred Cuthbert won the by-election. After a re-election in 1837, he took his seat in Congress from January 12, 1835 to March 3, 1843. After retiring from the Senate, he retired from public life to his country estate in Jasper County . Cuthbert died there in July 1856. He was buried in Summerville Cemetery in Augusta .

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SURNAME	Cuthbert, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH	Savannah , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH	July 9, 1856
Place of death	near Monticello , Georgia