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Robert Milledge Charlton was born in Savannah, Georgia, on January 19, 1807, and died here on January 18, 1854. The son of Judge Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton and Emily Walter, he married Margaret Shick on October 26, 1829, and had nine children, five who lived to be adults. The son of a lawyer and judge, he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a notable lawyer and judge. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives, as judge of the Eastern Circuit, as U.S. District Attorney, as Mayor of Savannah three times, and as U.S. Senator from Georgia. Robert M. Charlton was also noted for his literary talent, having several books published and contributing numerous articles, stories and poems to various periodicals.
Publication Date
Winter 1983
Recommended Citation
Daly, Charles, "Robert Milledhe Charlton (1807-1854)" (1983). Savannah Biographies. 41.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/41
