Joel Abbot (politician)

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} Joel Abbot (1776-1826) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on March 17, 1776.

He moved to Washington, Georgia, in 1826 and practiced medicine there. He also became a member of the city council of Washington, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1799, 1802-1804, 1808, and 1811. He was elected as a member of the Republican Party to the United States House of Representatives in 1817, and remained in office through the end of the 18th Congress in 1825. At that time he returned to the practice of medicine. He was also a delegate to the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to prepare the first National Pharamcopoeia. He died in Lexington, Georgia, on November 19, 1826, and was buried in Rest Haven Cemetary.

References

Biographical Director of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition. United States: Government Printing Office, 1989. ISBN 0160063841

 

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