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Nicholas Ware 
United States Senator
from GeorgiaIn office
November 10, 1821 – September 7, 1824Preceded by Freeman Walker Succeeded by Thomas W. Cobb Personal details Born 1769
Caroline County, VirginiaDied September 7, 1824 (aged 54–55)
New York City, New YorkPolitical party Democratic-Republican Nicholas Ware (1769 – September 7, 1824) was a United States Senator from Georgia.
Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He received a thorough English education and studied medicine, and studied law in Augusta as well as at the Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Augusta.
From 1808 to 1811 and in 1814-1815, Ware was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives; he was mayor of Augusta from 1819 to 1821, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican (later as a Crawford Republican) to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Freeman Walker and served from November 10, 1821, until his death in New York City in 1824; his interment was under the annex of Grace Church.
See also
- Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art ("Ware's Folly"), Ware's former home
References
- Nicholas Ware at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Nicholas Ware at Find a Grave
United States Senate Preceded by
Freeman WalkerUnited States Senator (Class 2) from Georgia
1821–1824
Served alongside: John ElliottSucceeded by
Thomas W. CobbUnited States Senators from Georgia Class 2 Few • Jackson • Walton • Tattnall • Baldwin • Jones • Crawford • Bulloch • Bibb • Troup • Forsyth • Walker • Ware • Cobb • Prince • Troup • King • Lumpkin • Berrien • Charlton • Toombs • H. Miller • Norwood • B. Hill • Barrow • A. Colquitt • Walsh • Bacon • West • Hardwick • Harris • Cohen • Russell • Gambrell • Nunn • Cleland • Chambliss
Class 3 
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