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Robert M. Charlton

CHARLTON, Robert M., jurist, born in Savannah, Georgia, 19 January, 1807; died there, 18 January, 1854. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, and in 1828 was elected to the Georgia legislature. He was subsequently appointed United States district attorney by President Jackson, and in 1834 was appointed, and afterward elected, judge of the Supreme Court for the eastern district of Georgia. He was United States senator in 1852-'3, and was twice elected mayor of Savannah. In 1839 he published a volume of poems, including those of a deceased brother. He also contributed largely, both in prose and verse, to the pages of the "Knickerbocker Magazine," the best known of his writings for periodicals being " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Georgia Lawyer." He was distinguished as an orator.

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