Jared Irwin
Jared Irwin
Jared Irwin served twice as elected Governor of Georgia (1796–1798) and (1806–1809). He first was elected to office as a reformer based on public outrage about the Yazoo land scandal. He signed a bill that nullified the Yazoo Act, which had authorized the land sales. Challenges to land claims purchased under the former act led to the United States Supreme Court's hearing the case Fletcher v. Peck (1810). In a landmark decision, the Court upheld the land contracts, and ruled that the state law was unconstitutional in trying to nullify valid contracts.
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Date of Birth
November 30th, 1749
Age
274
Birth Place
United States of America, North Carolina
Date of Death
March 1st, 1818
Died Aged
68
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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