Wilson Lumpkin

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xx^st Governor of Georgia
Wilson Lumpkin

In office January 1831 – 1835
Preceded by	George R. Gilmer
Succeeded by	William Schley

Born	January 14, 1783(1783-01-14) near Dan River, Virginia
Died	December 28, 1870 (aged 87) Athens,Ga

Wilson Lumpkin (January 14, 1783 - December 28, 1870) was a governor of Georgia, and a United States Representative and Senator. Born near Dan River, Virginia, he moved in 1784 to Oglethorpe County, Georgia with his parents, who settled near Point Peter and subsequently at Lexington, Georgia. He attended the common schools, and taught school and farmed; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Athens, Georgia.

Lumpkin was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1804 to 1812, and was elected as a Representative to the Fourteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, and was the State Indian Commissioner. He was elected to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation in 1831 before the convening of the Twenty-second Congress to run for the governorship; he was also commissioner on the Georgia-Florida boundary line commission, and was Governor of Georgia from 1831 to 1835. In 1835, he was appointed commissioner under the Cherokee treaty in 1835. He was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John P. King and served from November 22, 1837, to March 3, 1841; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-sixth Congress). Lumpkin was a member of the State board of public works, and died in Athens in 1870; interment was in Oconee Hill Cemetery.

Lumpkin's grandson, Middleton P. Barrow, also served in the U.S. Senate. Lumpkin's brother Joseph Henry Lumpkin was the first chief justice of the Georgia supreme court.^[1] Their nephew John Henry Lumpkin was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.^[2] Wilson Lumpkin's daughter Martha Lumpkin Compton was the honoree of Atlanta's original name, Marthasville; the story that "Atlanta" derives from a nickname "Atalanta" for her is not supported by the historical evidence.^[1]

Preceded by George M. Troup	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's At-large congressional district March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817	Succeeded by Thomas Willis Cobb
Preceded by James Meriwether	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's At-large congressional district March 4, 1827 - 1831	Succeeded by Augustin Smith Clayton
Preceded by George R. Gilmer	Governor of Georgia 1831–1835	Succeeded by William Schley
Preceded by John Pendleton King	United States Senator (Class 2) from Georgia November 22, 1837 - March 3, 1841 Served alongside: Alfred Cuthbert	Succeeded by John Macpherson Berrien
Preceded by Henry Dodge	Oldest living U.S. Senator June 19, 1867-December 28, 1870	Succeeded by John Ruggles

v • d • e Governors of Georgia

Bulloch • Gwinnett • Treutlen • Houstoun • Wereat • Walton • Howly • Heard • Davies • Brownson • Martin • Hall • Houstoun • Elbert • Telfair • Mathews • Handley • Walton • Telfair • Mathews • Irwin • Jackson • Emanuel • Tattnall • Milledge • Irwin • Mitchell • Early • Mitchell • Rabun • Talbot • Clark • Troup • Forsyth • Gilmer • Lumpkin • Schley • Gilmer • McDonald • Crawford • Towns • Cobb • H. Johnson • J.E. Brown • J. Johnson • Jenkins • Ruger • Bullock • Conley • J. Smith • Colquitt • Stephens • Boynton • McDaniel • Gordon • Northen • Atkinson • Candler • Terrell • H. Smith • J.M. Brown • H. Smith • Slaton • J.M. Brown • Slaton • N. Harris • Dorsey • Hardwick • Walker • Hardman • Russell • E. Talmadge • Rivers • E. Talmadge • Arnall • Thompson • H. Talmadge • Griffin • Vandiver • Sanders • Maddox • Carter • Busbee • J.F. Harris • Miller • Barnes • Perdue

v • d • e United States Senators from Georgia

Class 2: Few • Jackson • Walton • Tattnall • Baldwin • Jones • Crawford • Bulloch • Bibb • Troup • Forsyth • Walker • Ware • Cobb • Prince • Troup • King • Lumpkin • Berrien • Charlton • Toombs • H. Miller • Norwood • B. Hill • Barrow • A. Colquitt • Walsh • Bacon • West • Hardwick • Harris • Cohen • Russell • Gambrell • Nunn • Cleland • Chambliss Class 3: Gunn • Jackson • Milledge • Tait • Elliott • Berrien • Forsyth • Cuthbert • W. Colquitt • Johnson • Dawson • Iverson • J. Hill • Gordon • Brown • Gordon • Clay • Terrell • Smith • Watson • Felton • George • Talmadge • Mattingly • Fowler • Coverdell • Z. Miller • Isakson

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Paul DeForest Hicks (2002). Joseph Henry Lumpkin: Georgia's First Chief Justice. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
^ Dan Morris and Inez Morris (1974). Who was who in American Politics: A Biographical Dictionary of Over 4,000 Men and Women.... Hawthorn Books.