Nathan Brownson

Nathan Brownson ( born May 14, 1742 in Woodbury, Connecticut; † October 18, 1796 in Liberty County, Georgia ) was an American politician and governor of Georgia.

Curriculum vitae

The young Nathan Brownson graduated in 1791 from Yale University. He then studied medicine and settled as a physician in Liberty County Georgia. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he joined the independence movement. During this time he was one of the leaders of the movement. At times, he served during the Revolutionary War as a military doctor. In 1775 he was a delegate to the so-called Provincial Congress, the first independent of the British Congress in Georgia. From 1776 and 1777 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1781 he was Chairman ( Speaker) of the House of Representatives Georgia. This body elected him in the same year as governor. During his tenure, the British were driven back from Augusta and Georgia. Therefore, the main interest of the governor was the reconstruction of the country. Due to the short terms of office and domestic political tensions, however, he could not achieve this goal. Even after the end of his term Brownson remained politically active. In 1788 he was a deputy in the Parliament of Georgia. In the same year he was a member of the Committee to ratify the new U.S. Constitution. In 1789 he was a member of a Convention should revise the Constitution of Georgia. From 1790 to 1791 he was President of the Senate of Georgia. He died in 1796 at his plantation in Liberty County.