Thomas P. Carnes

Thomas Petters Carnes (born 1762 in Province of Maryland , †  May 5, 1822 in Franklin County , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1795 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The date and exact place of birth of Thomas Carnes are unknown. What is certain is that he was born in the then British colony of Maryland in 1762. After studying law and admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Milledgeville, Georgia. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1786 and 1797 he sat several times as an MP in the Georgia House of Representatives . He then worked as a prosecutor in the western judicial district. Between 1789 and 1792 he served as Attorney General of his state. Politically, he was in opposition to the then federal government under President George Washington .

In the state-wide congressional elections held in 1792 , Carnes was elected for the second mandate of Georgia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia . There he took over from John Milledge on March 4, 1793 . By March 3, 1795, he completed a term in Congress . After leaving the House of Representatives, Carnes initially worked as a lawyer again. From 1798 to 1803 he was a judge in the western judicial district of his state. In 1798 he was a member of a commission to revise the Georgia state constitution. In 1806 he was a member of a committee that settled the border disputes between the states of Georgia and North Carolina . In 1807 and 1808 Carnes was once again a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He died in May 1822 on his farm in what was then Franklin County. Today the property is in Hart County .

Web links

• Thomas P. Carnes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas P. Carnes in the database of Find a Grave (English)