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Scottish ancestry Politicians in Georgia


  Nathan Crawford Barnett (c.1801-1890) — also known as Nathan C. Barnett — of Georgia. Born in Columbia County, Ga., about 1801. Son of William Barnett and Anna (Crawford) Barnett. Member of Georgia state house of representatives; elected 1836; secretary of state of Georgia, 1843-49, 1851-53, 1861-68, 1873-90. English and Scottish ancestry. In 1864, as Union troops approached Georgia's then capital of Milledgeville, he hid and protected the Great Seal of Georgia underneath his house. Died February 4, 1890 (age about 89 years). Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of William Barnett and Anna (Crawford) Barnett; nephew of William Harris Crawford; married to Margaret J. Morton (died 1840); married 1841 to Mary Ann Cooper.
  Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) — of Georgia. Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, September 15, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1856, 1868; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court judge in Georgia, 1872-80; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85. Scottish ancestry. Died in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., June 11, 1890 (age 66 years, 269 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) — also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., April 5, 1901. Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor, producer, director of many motion pictures; worked in radio, television, and Broadway. Jewish and Scottish ancestry. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union. Died, of pneumonia and cardiac complications, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Married, April 5, 1931, to Helen Gahagan.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  John Pattillo Ridley (b. 1955) — also known as John Ridley — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Crawford Long Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., February 25, 1955. Son of Harry William Ridley, Jr. and Francis Jo Pattillo Ridley. Democrat. Special assistant, U.S. Congress, 1974-78; legislative attaché, Georgia General Assembly, 1978-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1980, 1988 (alternate); candidate in primary for Georgia state house of representatives 56th District, 1980; vice-chair, DeKalb County Democratic Party, 1980-84; city commissioner, Decatur, Ga., 1998-2002. Presbyterian. Scottish and English ancestry. Still living as of 2003.
  Relatives: Married 2000 to Susan Elaine Hart Ridley.

 

 


 
   
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