12 Facts About Archibald Bulloch

Archibald Stobo Bulloch was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the seventh governor of Georgia from 1776 to 1777.

Archibald Bulloch was the son of James Bulloch and his wife Jean, both Scots, and was named after his maternal grandfather.

The Archibald Bulloch family moved to the Province of Georgia in 1758, where in 1764 Archibald Bulloch moved to Savannah.

Archibald Bulloch was elected to the colonial legislature in 1768.

Archibald Bulloch was an early supporter of the revolution in Georgia as a member of the Friends of Liberty.

Archibald Bulloch served as President of the 1st and 2nd Provincial Congresses of Georgia, and was a delegate in 1775 to the Continental Congress.

Archibald Bulloch is recorded as having been a Freemason in Georgia.

Archibald Bulloch's name is listed on the 1779 Masonic rolls of Solomon's Lodge No 1 at Savannah along with George Walton, John Adam Treutlen, James Jackson, Nathaniel Pendelton, and General Samuel Elbert.

Archibald Bulloch would have been a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but decided to return to Georgia to aid the revolution there.

Archibald Bulloch was thus Georgia's first chief executive under a proper constitutional government, but the third chief executive in all, following the brief tenures of presidents William Ewen and George Walton.

Archibald Bulloch died in Savannah while preparing to defend against the British invasion of Georgia in 1777.

Archibald Bulloch's death was a severe blow, as his was the only leadership that united the Whig factions in the troubled young state.