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About Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite. Appointed by George Washington in 1796 as one of three commissioners to the Creeks, in 1801 President Jefferson named him "principal agent for Indian affairs south of the Ohio [River]", and was principal Indian agent to the Creek Indians.
Everything about Benjamin Hawkins →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the North Carolina House of Commons, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 15, 1754
- Died
- June 6, 1816