John Alfred Cuthbert

John Alfred Cuthbert (born June 3, 1788 in Savannah , Georgia , †  September 22, 1881 in Mobile , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1821 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Alfred Cuthbert was the younger brother of Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), who between 1813 and 1843 represented the state of Georgia in both chambers of Congress . He studied at Princeton College until 1805 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1809, he began to work in Eatonton in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

In 1811, 1813, and 1817 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives , and from 1814 to 1815 he was a member of the State Senate . During the British-American War of 1812 he commanded a company of volunteer soldiers. In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1818 Cuthbert was elected for the fourth mandate from Georgia to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Zadock Cook on March 4, 1819 . Until March 3, 1821 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress .

In 1822, President James Monroe made Cuthbert a negotiator with the Creek Indians. He served as Secretary of the State Senate in the administration of the Georgia Senate in 1830, 1833, and 1834 . Between 1831 and 1837, Cuthbert published the Federal Union newspaper in Milledgeville , which he also owned.

In 1837, Cuthbert moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he practiced as a lawyer. He built his estate "Sans Souci" near this city. From 1843 to 1848 he was a judge in Mobile County . Between 1852 and 1853 he was a district judge there. During the Civil War , Cuthbert was a clerk in the judicial district of Mobile. He then worked as a lawyer into old age. He died on September 22, 1881 on his estate near Mobile.

Web links

• John Alfred Cuthbert in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Alfred Cuthbert in the database of Find a Grave (English)