Jared Irwin
Politician
1750 – 1818
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Who was Jared Irwin?
Jared Irwin served twice as elected Governor of Georgia and. 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. 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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- Born
- 1750
Mecklenburg County - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Mar 1, 1818
Washington County
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on July 23, 2013
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