The Political Graveyard: Meriwether family</a> of Georgia
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
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David Meriwether (1755-1822) —
of Georgia.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., March
27, 1755.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1797-1800; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1797-1800; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02,
1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1816;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1820.
Died near Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., November
16, 1822 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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James Meriwether (1755-1817) —
of Georgia.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., June 4,
1755.
Georgia
state comptroller general, 1799-1804.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., October
25, 1817 (age 62 years, 143
days).
Interment somewhere
in Louisville, Ga.
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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) —
of Missouri.
Born near Ivy, Albemarle
County, Va., August
18, 1774.
Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.
English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Commanded expedition with William
Clark to Oregon, 1803-04.
Died from gunshot
wounds under mysterious
circumstances (murder or
suicide?)
at Grinder's Stand, an inn on
the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis
County, Tenn., October
11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54
days).
Interment at Meriwether
Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.
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James Meriwether (1788-1852) —
of Georgia.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., June 22,
1788.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1825-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Madison
County, Tenn., July 13,
1852 (age 64 years, 21
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Clarke County, Ga.
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David Meriwether (1800-1893) —
Born in Louisa
County, Va., October
30, 1800.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1832; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1847, 1851; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1852; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1853-57; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1858-85; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1859.
Slaveowner.
Died near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1893 (age 92 years, 156
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) —
also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young
Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting
General" —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
23, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President
of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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James Archibald Meriwether (1806-1852) —
of Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., September
20, 1806.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1831-36, 1838, 1843, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1841-43; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1845-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., April
18, 1852 (age 45 years, 211
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Eatonton, Ga.
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Reuben Handy Meriwether (b. 1820) —
also known as R. H. Meriwether —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Howard
County, Md., June 20,
1820.
Mayor
of Decatur, Ill., 1876.
Burial location unknown.
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