- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Wilson Lumpkin
- Date of Original:
- 1783/1870
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Before embarking on his political career, Wilson Lumpkin also worked as a farmer and as a teacher. Upon his death in 1870, Lumpkin's daughter deeded his farm in Athens to the University of Georgia.
Image of a head-and-shoulders sketch of Georgia governor Wilson Lumpkin. He wears a dark suit with a high-collared white shirt.
Wilson Lumpkin served as governor of Georgia from 1831 to 1835. During his long political career, Lumpkin was also elected to office in the U.S. House and Senate and held the position of U.S. commissioner to the Cherokee Indians. Painting by J. T. Moore. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/wilson-lumpkin-1783-1870/m-4120/
- Rights Holder:
- From The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, by Wilson Lumpkin
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/wilson-lumpkin-1783-1870
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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