John Alfred Cuthbert was an American

United States

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 politician, soldier and lawyer. He was the brother of Alfred Cuthbert

Alfred Cuthbert

Alfred Cuthbert was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:Cuthbert was born in Savannah, he was instructed by private tutors and graduated from Princeton College in 1803...

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Biography

Born in Savannah

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...

, Georgia

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 in 1788, Cuthbert graduated from Princeton College

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, studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1809 and began practicing law in Eatonton, Georgia

Eatonton, Georgia

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Cuthbert served in the Georgia House of Representatives

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 in 1811, 1813 and 1817. During the War of 1812

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, he commanded a volunteer company. In 1814 and 1815, Cuthbert served in the Georgia Senate

Georgia Senate

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. in 1818, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican

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 Representative

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 from Georgia to the 16th United States Congress

16th United States Congress

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  and served from March 4, 1819, until March 3, 1821.

In 1822, United States President James Monroe

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 appointed Cuthbert as a commissioner to treat with the Creek

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 and Cherokee

Cherokee

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 Indians. Cuthbert was also reelected to the Georgia house of representatives in 1822. In 1830, 1833 and 1834, he was the secretary of the Georgia Senate. From 1831 to 1837, he served as editor and subsequently proprietor of the Federal Union

Federal Union

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 in Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville, Georgia

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. In 1837, Cuthbert moved to Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

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, and practiced law.

In 1840, Cuthbert was elected judge of the county court of Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County, Alabama

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. In 1852, the Governor of Alabama appointed Cuthbert judge of the circuit court of Mobile County in 1852. After stepping down from that judicial post, Cuthbert practiced law until his death on September 22, 1881, at Sans Souci, on Mon Luis Island in the Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay

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off the coast of Alabama. He was buried in a private burying ground on that same island.