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Name
  
Tomlinson Fort

Rank
  
Captain

Battles/wars
  
War of 1812

Battles and wars
  
War of 1812

Allegiance
  
United States

Succeeded by
  
Howell Cobb

Occupation
  
Banker


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Born
  
July 14, 1787 Warrenton, Georgia (
1787-07-14
)

Role
  
Member of the United States House of Representatives

Died
  
May 11, 1859, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States

Political party
  
Jacksonian democracy

Tomlinson Fort (July 14, 1787 – May 11, 1859) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Warrenton, Georgia. He completed preparatory studies and then studied medicine. He graduated from the Philadelphia Medical College, and commenced practice in 1810. He was a captain of a volunteer company in the War of 1812.

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Fort was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1818-1826. He was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the 20th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1829. He resumed the practice of medicine in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was president of the State Bank of Georgia in 1832 and remained in that position until his death in Milledgeville in 1859. He was buried in the City Cemetery.

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