David Brydie Mitchell | |
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| 27th Governor of Georgia | |
| In office November 10, 1809 – November 5, 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Jared Irwin |
| Succeeded by | Peter Early |
| In office November 20, 1815 – March 4, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Early |
| Succeeded by | William Rabun |
| Attorney General of Georgia | |
| In office 1796–1806 | |
| Governor | Jared Irwin James Jackson David Emanuel Josiah Tattnall John Milledge |
| Preceded by | George Walker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Walker |
| Member of the Georgia Senate | |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1766 Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Died | April 22, 1837 (aged 70) Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Profession | Lawyer |
David Brydie Mitchell (October 22, 1766 – April 22, 1837) was a Scottish born American politician in Georgia who was elected in 1809 as governor of the state, serving two terms. He was elected again in 1815 for one term.
Mitchell moved to Georgia at the age of 24. He had earlier been elected as mayor of Savannah and was appointed as state attorney general. He also served three terms in the Georgia General Assembly, two in the House of Representatives, and one in the Senate.
Mitchell resigned from the governorship in 1817 to accept an appointment by President James Monroe as United States Indian Agent to the Creek Nation in their lands in present-day Georgia and Alabama. He followed the more than two-decade tenure of Benjamin Hawkins. In 1820 he was prosecuted for being involved in smuggling of American slaves from Spanish Florida. He was replaced in 1821 by President Monroe, who appointed John Crowell.