Jared Irwin and United States Senator James …
Years: 1796 - 1796
February
Jared Irwin and United States Senator James Jackson lead the reform efforts: Irwin had won election as Governor of Georgia and, less than two months after taking office, signs a bill on February 13, 1796 nullifying the Yazoo Act.
The state burns all copies of the bill except for one that had been sent to President George Washington.
