Wilson Lumpkin

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Wilson Lumpkin was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Georgia and a U.S. congressman, known for his role in the state's early development and politics.

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Wilson Lumpkin canonical 4

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Oconee Hill Cemetery ⓘ
child Martha Lumpkin Compton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1783-01-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1870-12-28 ⓘ
educatedAt common schools in Virginia and Georgia ⓘ
electedIn 1826 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
1828 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
1831 Georgia gubernatorial election ⓘ
1833 Georgia gubernatorial election ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
linked to: Whites
familyName Lumpkin ⓘ
givenName Wilson ⓘ
hasRelative Joseph Henry Lumpkin ⓘ
Lumpkin family of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Lumpkin family
ideology Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
knownFor early development of Georgia’s infrastructure ⓘ
role in Cherokee removal from Georgia ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
livedIn Athens, Georgia ⓘ
Oglethorpe County, Georgia ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
namesake City of Lumpkin, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Lumpkin, Georgia

Lumpkin County, Georgia ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of Indian Removal policies in Georgia ⓘ
support for expansion of railroads in Georgia ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposedBy Cherokee Nation leadership ⓘ
participatedIn United States politics in the Jacksonian era ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Athens, Georgia ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Georgia ⓘ
Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
represented Georgia ⓘ
residence Georgia ⓘ
servedIn Georgia House of Representatives ⓘ
Georgia State Senate ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Walker Lumpkin ⓘ
supportedBy pro-removal factions in Georgia politics ⓘ
termEnd Governor of Georgia term 1835 ⓘ
termStart Governor of Georgia term 1831 ⓘ

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Lumpkin County, Georgia → namedAfter → Wilson Lumpkin ⓘ
Lumpkin County → namedAfter → Wilson Lumpkin ⓘ
Lumpkin → hasNotableBearer → Wilson Lumpkin ⓘ