James Archibald Meriwether

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James Archibald Meriwether (born September 20, 1806 in Washington , Georgia , †  April 18, 1852 in Eatonton , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Archibald Meriwether was a nephew of James Meriwether (1789-1854), who also represented Georgia in Congress between 1825 and 1827 . The younger Meriwether attended the public schools in his home country. He then studied until 1826 at the University of Georgia in Athens . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Eatonton in his new profession. He was also active in agriculture and politics.

Between 1831 and 1836 and again in 1838 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . He joined the Whig Party, founded in 1835 . In 1839 he was a member of a congregation in Eatonton to discuss the improvement of the Georgia State's infrastructure. In the congressional election of 1840 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Mark Anthony Cooper on March 4, 1841 . Until March 3, 1843 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was determined by the discussions about a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas, which had been independent of Mexico since 1836, and the disputes between the Whigs and US President John Tyler .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James Meriwether continued his political career at the state level. In 1843, 1851 and 1852 he was re-elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, of which he was temporarily president . Between 1845 and 1849 he served as a judge in the judicial district of Ocmulgee. James Meriwether died in Eatonton on April 18, 1852. He was married to Rebecca Carleton McKigney (1807–1876), with whom he had three children, two of whom died very young.

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SURNAME Meriwether, James Archibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH near Washington , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1852
Place of death Eatonton , Georgia