Charles Tait

Charles Tait (* February 1, 1768 in Hanover County, Virginia; † October 7, 1835 at Claiborne, Alabama) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic- Republican), who represented the state of Georgia in the U.S. Senate.

Charles Tait, who was born on the territory of today's Hanover, moved in 1783 with his parents to Georgia, where the family settled in Petersburg. As a young man he completed his education in 1787 at the Wilkes Academy, a private school in the city of Washington, and 1788 on the Cokesbury College in Abingdon (Maryland ) from.

In this college Tait was in the consequence also from 1789 to 1794 worked as a French teacher. He studied during this time, moreover, the law and was admitted to the Bar of Georgia in 1795. After that, he was until 1798 a member of the teaching staff and at times also Rector of Richmond Academy in Augusta, before he focused on the legal profession and practiced as a lawyer in Elbert County. From 1803 to 1809 he also served as a judge at the District Court for the Western District of Georgia.

Following the resignation of U.S. Senator John Milledge on November 14, 1809 Charles Tait was elected as his successor. He retired on 27 November of the same year in the Congress and remained there after a re-election in 1813 to 3 March 1819. During this time he led, among other things, the chair of the Marine Committee ( Committee on Naval Affairs ). After his retirement from the Senate, he moved to Wilcox County in Alabama. President James Monroe appointed him judge at the Federal District Court for that State, a position he held from 1820 until his resignation in 1826. After that he worked until his death as a planter on his estate in Monroe County; a it is transmitted diplomatic mission in Britain he refused in 1828.

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