Gov. Wilson Lumpkin House
Historic residence · Athens, United States
Politicians, royals & nobility
About Wilson Lumpkin
Wilson Lumpkin was an American planter, attorney, and politician. He served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 1831 to 1835, in the period of Indian Removal of the Creek and Cherokee peoples to Indian Territory to make way for development of their lands by European Americans. He also served in the state house, and as a United States representative and US Senator. He ran from Clarke County, Georgia, in the northeast part of the state.
From the Wikipedia article “Wilson Lumpkin”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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