Charles James McDonald
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Charles James McDonald (July 9, 1793Template:Spaced ndashDecember 16, 1860) was an American attorney, jurist and politician.
He was born in Charleston, South Carolina and moved with his family to Hancock County, Georgia in 1794.[1]
He served as a brigadier general in the Georgia Militia from 1823 to 1825.
McDonald served as the 37th Governor of Georgia from 1839 to 1843, defeating the Whig candidate William Crosby Dawson. In addition to serving in the Georgia Senate and Georgia House of Representatives, McDonald also served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
McDonald died in Marietta, Georgia in 1860 and was buried in the Episcopal Cemetery in that same city.
References
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- The New Georgia Encyclopedia entry
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External links
- Gov. Charles James McDonald historical marker
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- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Charles James McDonald papers, 1834-1854
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- 1793 births
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- Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina
- People from Hancock County, Georgia
- University of South Carolina alumni
- Democratic Party governors of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Lawyers from Charleston, South Carolina
- 19th-century Georgia (U.S. state) politicians
- 19th-century Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
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