Josiah Tattnall (Senator)

This article is about the former U.S. Senator and Governor of Georgia. For his son, the United States Naval officer, see Josiah Tattnall.

Josiah Tattnall, Sr.

United States Senator from Georgia
In office February 20, 1796 – March 4, 1799
Preceded by	George Walton
Succeeded by	Abraham Baldwin
25th Governor of Georgia
In office November 7, 1801 – November 4, 1802
Preceded by	David Emanuel
Succeeded by	John Milledge
Personal details
Born	1762 Savannah, Georgia
Died	June 6, 1803 (aged 40–41) Nassau, British West Indies (now Bahamas)
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Josiah Tattnall, Sr. (1762 – June 6, 1803) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Savannah, Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate from 1796 to 1799 and was the 25th Governor of Georgia in 1801 and 1802.

Born near Savannah, Georgia, he studied at Eton School before joining Anthony Wayne's troops at Ebenezer during the American Revolutionary War.^[1] After the war, he was elected brigadier general of the 1st Regiment in the Georgia Militia before being elected governor in 1801.^[2] He died in Nassau, New Providence.^[3]

Legacy

Tattnall County, Georgia is named after him.^[4]

His son, Josiah Tattnall, Jr., served as a captain in both the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy.

Notes

↑ Smith, p. 343
↑ Smith, p. 344
↑ Smith, p. 344
↑ Smith, p. 344

References

Smith, Gordon Burns, History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861, Volume One, Campaigns and Generals, Milledgeville: Boyd Publishing, 2000. ASIN:B003L1PRKI.

External links

Josiah Tattnall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-05-23
"Josiah Tattnall". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

United States Senate
Preceded by George Walton	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Georgia 1796–1799 Served alongside: James Gunn	Succeeded by Abraham Baldwin
Political offices
Preceded by David Emanuel	Governor of Georgia 1801–1802	Succeeded by John Milledge

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 Perdue

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

Governors of Georgia

Council Presidents (1775–76)	Ewen Walton Ewen

Presidents (1776–77)	Bulloch Gwinnett

Governors (since 1777)	Treutlen Houstoun Glascock Cuthbert Wereat Walton Howly Wells 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 Deal

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