|
:''This article is about the U.S. politician George Troup. For other persons named George Troup see George Troup (disambiguation).'' George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and he U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor of Georgia for two terms and then returning to the U.S. Senate. A believer in expansionist Manifest Destiny policies and a supporter of native Indian removal, Troupe was born to plantation owners and supported slavery throughout his career. Later in his life, he was known as "the Hercules of states' rights." ==Family life== Troup was born during the American Revolution at McIntosh Bluff, on the Tombigbee River in what is now Alabama (then a part of the Province of Georgia). He was the son of George Troup and Catherine McIntosh, the Georgia-born daughter of Captain John McIntosh, a British military officer and the chief of the McIntosh clan. (Catherine McIntosh was of the Chiefs of the MacGillivary clan lineage—she was a first cousin to Creek Chief Alexander McGillivray and aunt of Creek Chief William McIntosh.) Troup was twice married and the father of six children. He primarily lived in Dublin in Laurens County. Troup's country estate, Valdosta, was named after the Valle d'Aosta alpine valley in Italy. In turn, the town of Valdosta, Georgia, (formerly called Troupville) was named for Troup's estate. Troup graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1797. He read the law with an established firm and two years later was admitted to the bar in Savannah, Georgia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Troup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|