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Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

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Personal name headingForsyth, John, 1780-1841
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See alsoGeorgia. Governor (1827-1829 : Forsyth)
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Associated countryUnited States Spain
LocatedAugusta (Ga.)
Birth date17801022
Death date18411021
Place of birthFredericksburg (Va.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress
United States. Department of State
Found inNUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for his Papers, 1814-1840 (Forsyth, John, 1780-1841, Rep., Sen., and Gov. of Georgia, diplomat, and U.S. secretary of state)
Georgia. General Assembly. Letter from the governor of Georgia, transmitting a report of a committee of the General Assembly of said state, 1828: p. 3 (John Forsyth)
LC data base 6-30-86 (hdg.: Forsyth, John, 1780-1841)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Forsyth, John; grad. Princeton 1799; attorney general of Ga.; U.S. representative and senator; U.S. minister plenipotentiary to Spain; governor of Georgia 1827-29; U.S. secretary of state; born in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 22, 1780, later of Augusta, Ga., died in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 1841)