- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jared Irwin
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Collection of portraits of former governors of Georgia, Second Floor, Georgia Capitol.
- Date of Original:
- 1750/1818
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Armchairs--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
Generals--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Irwin, Jared, 1768-1818--Portraits
Irwin, Jared, 1768-1818 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jared Irwin served two terms as the governor of Georgia, first from 1796 to 1798, and again from 1807 to 1809. During his first term, Irwin signed the Rescinding Act, which nullified the Yazoo Act of 1795, in which the state illegally sold lands in Georgia's western territory. A colonel during the Revolutionary War, Irwin also served as brigadier general in the state militia and several terms as a state legislator.
Image of a portrait of Jared Irwin. He is depicted sitting in a red armchair. Irwin, a two-time Georgia governor of the early national period, is best known for repealing the Yazoo Act. He was also a decorated general, legislator, and delegate to the state convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. Irwin County, in central Georgia, is named in his honor, as is its former seat, Irwinville, the locale of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's capture in 1865. The town of Irwinton, in Wilkinson County, is also named for him.
The original painting is housed on the second floor of the Georgia Capitol Building, Atlanta, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/jared-irwin-ca-1750-1818/m-9992/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, The University of Georgia Libraries
Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/jared-irwin-ca-1750-1818
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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