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{{for|the U.S. Representative, jurist and lawyer|James Archibald Meriwether}}<br />
'''James Meriwether''' (1789–1854)<!-- Political graveyard has different birth/death dates, but sources quoted below both agree on 1789 and 1854--> was a [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] and lawyer from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. His father was [[David Meriwether (representative)|David Meriwether]] and his nephew was [[James Archibald Meriwether]].<ref name="Leaders">{{cite book|title=American Political Leaders 1789–2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktR1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196|year= 2009|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=978-1452267265|page=196}}</ref><br />
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==Early years and education==<br />
Meriwether was born near [[Washington, Georgia]], [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes County]] in 1789. He attended the common schools, and graduated from the [[University of Georgia]] in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]]) degree in 1807 and was a tutor at the University for a year.<ref name="Leaders" /><ref name="US HOUSE">{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/MERIWETHER,-James-(M000651)/|title=James Meriwether|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name="UGA" /><br />
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==Career in law and military service==<br />
After studying law in [[Elberton, Georgia]] and gaining admittance to the state [[bar (law)|bar]], he practiced law for a short time and then focused on farming. From 1811 to 1813, he was judge of the inferior court of [[Clarke County, Georgia]].<ref name="UGA">{{cite book|url=https://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/archives/reedindex.html|title=The History of the University of Georgia|author=Thomas Reed|publisher=[[University of Georgia]]|page=138|access-date=January 25, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125170548/https://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/archives/reedindex.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1813, Meriwether fought in the [[Creek War]] under the command of [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|General John Floyd]]. Meriwether served as a trustee of UGA from 1816 until 1831.<ref name="US HOUSE" /><br />
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==Political office==<br />
From 1821 to 1823, Meriwether served in the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] representing [[Clarke County, Georgia|Clarke County]]. [[United States President|President]] [[James Monroe]] appointed Meriwether as a commissioner to negotiate with the [[Creek people|Creek]] in 1823.<ref name="UGA" /> In 1824, he was elected as a [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]] Representative to the [[19th United States Congress]] and served one term from March 4, 1825 until March 3, 1827, as he did not seek reelection in 1826.<ref name="US HOUSE" /><br />
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==Later years==<br />
James Meriwether returned to his farming and died while on a trip near [[Memphis, Tennessee]], in 1854. He was buried at his family plantation in Clarke County.<ref name="US HOUSE" /><br />
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* [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c02?seq=99 ''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, c. 1949, pp. 135, 138]<br />
* {{cite web|last1=Meriwether|first1=James|title=[Letter] 1824 Dec. 14, Princeton, [Georgia] near Broken Arrow [to] G[eorge] M. Troup, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville / Duncan Campbell [and] Ja[me]s Meriwether, U.S. Commis[ione]rs|url=http://metis.galib.uga.edu/ssp/cgi-bin/tei-natamer-idx.pl?sessionid=02f30415-2ba1824017-0337&type=doc&tei2id=TCC051|website=Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730–1842|publisher=Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=21 February 2018}}<br />
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