Cowles Mead
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Cowles Mead | |
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Delegate-elect to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Mississippi Territory's at-large district | |
In office Not seated | |
Preceded by | William Lattimore |
Succeeded by | George Poindexter (Representative) |
Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
In office 1806–1807 | |
Governor | Robert Williams |
Preceded by | Thomas Hill Williams |
Succeeded by | Thomas Hill Williams |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district | |
In office March 4, 1805 – December 24, 1805 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Hammond |
Succeeded by | Thomas Spalding |
Personal details | |
Born | Bedford County, Virginia, U.S. | October 18, 1776
Died | May 17, 1844 Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Cowles Mead (October 18, 1776 – May 17, 1844) was a United States Representative from Georgia. Born in Virginia, he received an English education and became a private practice lawyer.
He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 9th United States Congress (March 4, 1805 – December 24, 1805) but was replaced by Thomas Spalding who contested the initial election outcome. Mead then served as Secretary of the Mississippi Territory, 1806–1807; Acting Governor of Mississippi, 1806–1807; and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, 1807 and 1822–23.
He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the 13th United States Congress in 1812. He was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of Mississippi in 1817. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 16th United States Congress in 1818. He served in the Mississippi Senate in 1821. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of Mississippi in 1825. He died in 1844 on his Geenwood plantation in Hinds County, Mississippi where he was buried.
References[edit]
- United States Congress. "Cowles Mead (id: M000614)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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