Peter Early
| Peter Early | |
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| 28th Governor of Georgia | |
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In office November 5, 1813 – November 20, 1815 |
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| Preceded by | David Brydie Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | David Brydie Mitchell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district |
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In office January 10, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
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| Preceded by | John Milledge |
| Succeeded by | Howell Cobb |
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Peter Early June 20, 1773 Madison, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | August 15, 1817 (aged 44) Scull Shoals, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Alma mater |
Washington and Lee University Princeton University |
Peter Early (June 20, 1773 – August 15, 1817) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician.
He was born near Madison in the Colony of Virginia, in 1773, the son of Joel Early and Lucy Smith. His cousin, Jubal Early, was the grandfather of Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early (1816–1894). Peter Early graduated from the Lexington Academy (current-day Washington and Lee University). He later graduated from Princeton College, in 1792. His family moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, that same year; however, Early was studying law with Jared Ingersoll in Philadelphia.
After finishing his legal studies, Peter Early joined his family in Wilkes County, married Ann Adams Smith in 1793, and in 1796 began his law practice in Washington, Georgia. Sister Lucy Early married Charles Lewis Mathews.
Early was elected as a Representative from Georgia to the 8th United States Congress to serve the remainder of the term left vacant by the resignation of John Milledge, and he was re-elected to the 9th Congress. During his congressional service, Early was one of the managers of the prosecution in the impeachment trials against John Pickering, New Hampshire United States District Court judge, in January 1804 and Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, in December of that year. Early did not seek re-election in 1806.
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