David Brydie Mitchell (October 22, 1766 – April 22, 1837) was a Scots-American politician in Georgia. He was elected as mayor of Savannah and next was appointed as state attorney general. He served three terms in the Georgia General Assembly.
He was first elected as governor in 1808, and served two terms. He was elected again in 1814, but resigned in 1817 to accept an appointment by President James Monroe as United States Indian Agent to the Creek people in their lands in present-day Georgia and Alabama.
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