Person:Robert Charlton (7)

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Robert Milledge Charlton
b.19 Jan 1807
d.18 Jan 1854
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m. 29 Oct 1803
  1. Robert Milledge Charlton1807 - 1854
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  • H.  Robert Milledge Charlton1807 - 1854
  • W.  Margaret ShickAbt 1806 -
m. 26 Oct 1829
  1. Mary CharltonAbt 1836 -
  2. Walter Glasco Charlton1854 - 1917
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Name Robert Milledge Charlton
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Jan 1807
Marriage 26 Oct 1829 to Margaret Shick
Death? 18 Jan 1854
Reference Number? Q2158142?


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Robert Milledge Charlton (January 19, 1807January 18, 1854) was an American politician and jurist. He served as a Senator representing Georgia from 1852 to 1853.

Charlton was born in Savannah, Georgia, on January 19, 1807, to Thomas Charlton, future two-time mayor of Savannah, and Emily Walter. His mother died before he reached the age of two. A lawyer by training, Charlton served in various positions at the city and state level in addition to his U.S. Senate term. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1828), and he was appointed and subsequently elected a judge of the Eastern Circuit of Georgia in 1832. Charlton was also appointed as a United States District Attorney.

He was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Berrien. Charlton had previously served as the mayor of Savannah from 1839 to 1841. Charlton's father, Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton, had previously served as the appointed mayor of Savannah in 1815 and again in 1819.

In 1829 Robert Charlton married Margaret Shick. Charlton ward, Savannah and Charlton County, Georgia are named after him. Charlton died in Savannah on January 18, 1854, the day before his 47th birthday, and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in that city.

He was also a slave owner. In 1830, he owned 3 slaves. In 1840, he owned 14 slaves. In 1850, he owned 13 slaves.

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  1.   Robert M. Charlton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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