HABERSHAM, Richard Wylly, (nephew of John Habersham and Joseph Habersham), a Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in December 1786; attended private schools, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1810; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; appointed United States attorney and served until 1825, when he resigned; attorney general of Georgia; moved to Clarksville, Habersham County, in 1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839, until his death; died in Clarksville, Ga., December 2, 1842; interment in the Old Cemetery.