- Archibald Bulloch
Infobox Governor
name= Archibald Bulloch
caption=Archibald Bulloch c. 1775
order=1st
office= Governor of Georgia
term_start=February 20 ,1777
term_end=February 22 ,1777
lieutenant=
predecessor= none
successor=Button Gwinnett
birth_date= c. 1730
birth_place=Charleston, South Carolina
death_date= February 22, 1777
death_place=Savannah, Georgia
spouse= Mary De Veaux
profession=lawyer ,statesman
party= Liberty Party
religion=
footnotes=Archibald Bulloch (c.1730–
February 22 ,1777 ) was a lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Georgia during theAmerican Revolution .Biography
Bulloch was born and educated in
Charleston, South Carolina , the son of James Bulloch and Jean Stobo Bulloch. He began to practice law in South Carolina and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the South Carolina militia. His family moved to Georgia in 1758, and Bulloch moved toSavannah, Georgia , in 1764. He was elected to the Commons House of Assembly of Georgia in 1768 as a member of the Liberty Party. His fellow assembly members appointed him as a delegate for Georgia to theContinental Congress in 1775. In the Continental Congress, he was a member of the Secret Committee, which was responsible for gathering war supplies. Bulloch is also recorded as having been a Freemason in Georgia. His name is listed on the 1779 Masonic roles ofSolomon's Lodge No. 1 at SavannahFact|date=October 2008 along withGeorge Walton , John Adam Treutlen, James Jackson,Fact|date=October 2008 Nathaniel Pendelton, and GeneralSamuel Elbert .Fact|date=October 2008Bulloch would have been a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but decided to return to Georgia to aid the revolution there. In 1776, he fought under the command of Colonel
Lachlan McIntosh in theBattle of the Rice Boats and the Battle ofTybee Island . OnJune 20 ,1776 , he was chosen to be the first President and Commander-in-Chief of Georgia under the state's temporary republican government. When he signed the state constitution onFebruary 20 ,1777 , his position transferred from president to governor of Georgia. He died in Savannah while preparing against British invasion of Georgia in 1777. There is some speculation that he was poisoned, though this has never been proven.His son
William Bellinger Bulloch later represented Georgia in theUnited States Senate . Archibald's great-great-grandson was PresidentTheodore Roosevelt . His great-great-great granddaughter wasFirst Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt . Theodore Roosevelt's son Archibald was named after Bulloch.Bulloch County, Georgia was named in his honor.External links
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* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/HistoryArchaeology/ColonialEraTrusteePeriod/People-4&id=h-682 Article in "New Georgia Encyclopedia]
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