Edward F. Tattnall | |
State: | Georgia |
Term Start: | March 4, 1827 |
Term End: | 1827 |
Preceded: | New seat |
Successor: | George R. Gilmer |
State2: | Georgia |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1821 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1827 |
Predecessor2: | John A. Cuthbert |
Succeeded2: | District eliminated |
Office3: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | 1818 |
Term End3: | 1819 |
Birth Name: | Edward Fenwick Tattnall |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1788 |
Birth Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Party: | Jacksonian |
Otherparty: | Democratic-Republican |
Parents: | Josiah Tattnall Jr Harriet Fenwick |
Profession: | Politician, soldier, lawyer |
Edward Fenwick Tattnall (June 3, 1788 – November 21, 1832) was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.
Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1788, Tattnall was educated in England. He was solicitor general from November 1816 until September 1817. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1818 and 1819. Tattnall was elected as a Democratic-Republican Representative from Georgia to the 17th United States Congress. He was reelected to the 18th, 19th and 20th United States Congresses and served from March 4, 1821, until his resignation in 1827 before the start of the 20th Congress.
Tattnall served as first captain of the Savannah Volunteer Guards. He died in Savannah on November 21, 1832, and was buried in that city's Bonaventure Cemetery.