Joel Abbott
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Joel Abbott (March 17, 1776 - November 19, 1826) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He practiced as a physician.
Abbott was member of the Washington, Georgia city council. He also served a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1799, 1802-1804, 1808, and 1811. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth (March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1825). He died on November 19, 1826, in Lexington, Georgia. He was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia.
