Alfred Cuthbert

{{Short description|American politician (1785–1856)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Multiple issues| {{no footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{One source|date=February 2025}} }} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Alfred Cuthbert |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |term_start1 = January 12, 1835 |term_end1 = March 3, 1843 |predecessor1 = [[John Forsyth (Georgia)|John Forsyth]] |successor1 = [[Walter T. Colquitt]] |state2 = Georgia |district2 = [[Georgia's at-large congressional district|at-large]] |term_start2 = December 13, 1813 |term_end2 = November 9, 1816 |preceded2 = [[William Wyatt Bibb]] |succeeded2 = [[Zadock Cook]] |term_start3 = March 4, 1821 |term_end3 = March 3, 1827 |preceded3 = [[Thomas W. Cobb]] |succeeded3 = [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|John Floyd]] |office4 = Member of the [[Georgia Senate]] |term4 = 1817–1819 |office5 = Member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] |term5 = 1810–1813 |birth_date = {{birth date|1785|12|23}} |birth_place = [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1856|7|9|1785|12|23}} |death_place = [[Monticello, Georgia|Monticello]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} '''Alfred Cuthbert''' (December 23, 1785{{spaced ndash}}July 9, 1856) was a [[United States representative]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. He should not be confused with his brother, [[John Alfred Cuthbert]].

==Life and career== Cuthbert was born in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. He was instructed by private tutors. He graduated from [[Princeton College]] in 1803. He studied law and was admitted to the state [[bar (law)|bar]] about 1805 but did not practice.

In 1809, he was captain of a company of volunteer infantry, and was a member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] from 1810 to 1813. Cuthbert was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] Representative to the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth Congress]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[William W. Bibb]], and was reelected to the [[14th United States Congress|Fourteenth Congress]] and served from December 13, 1813, to November 9, 1816, when he resigned. He was a member of the [[Georgia Senate]] from 1817 to 1819, and was elected to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth]], [[18th United States Congress|Eighteenth]], and [[19th United States Congress|Nineteenth Congresses]], serving from March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1827.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1826, but was elected as a [[USDemocrat|Democrat]] to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John Forsyth (politician)|John Forsyth]]; he was reelected in 1837, and served from January 12, 1835, to March 3, 1843. Cuthbert was not a candidate for reelection in 1843, and retired from active business pursuits and lived on his estate near [[Monticello, Georgia|Monticello]] in [[Jasper County, Georgia|Jasper County]] until his death in 1856; interment was in Summerville Cemetery, [[Augusta, Georgia]].

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state = Georgia | district = AL | before= [[William Wyatt Bibb]] | after= [[Zadock Cook]] | years= December 13, 1813 – November 9, 1816 }} {{US House succession box | state = Georgia | district = AL | before= [[Thomas W. Cobb]] | after= [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|John Floyd]] | years= March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827 }} {{s-par|us-sen}} {{U.S. Senator box | state=Georgia | class=3 | before=[[John Forsyth (Georgia)|John Forsyth]] | after= [[Walter T. Colquitt]] | alongside= [[John Pendleton King]], [[Wilson Lumpkin]], [[John M. Berrien]] | years= January 12, 1835 – March 3, 1843 }} {{s-end}}

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