Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, 1913, Vol. 16
Gwinnett, President of the Executive Council, issued a proclamation ordering elections for members of a legislature to carry into effect the provisions of the new Constitution. One of the first duties of this Legis laturo was to elect a Governor, Gwinnett was a candidate and his opponent was John Adam Treutlen, who was elected by a large majority, and thus became Georgia's first Constitutional Governor.
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