OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Macpherson Berrien

BORN:
August 23, 1781
Rocky Hill, New Jersey

DIED:
January 1, 1856 (age 74)
Savannah, Georgia

EDUCATION:
Princeton University (1796)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (before 1834)
Whig (1834–1856)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1782:
Moved to Savannah, Georgia
1799:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Georgia 
1809:
Elected Solicitor of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia
1810-1821:
Judge, Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia 
1812:
Captain of the Georgia Hussars (Savannah volunteer company) during the War of 1812
1822-1823:
Member of the Georgia State Senate,
Jacksonian 
1829-1831:
U.S. Attorney General 
1825-1829:
U.S. Senator from Georgia
1841-1852:
U.S. Senator from Georgia

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of Justice
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Historical Society
Wikipedia

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