Tomlinson Fort

Tomlinson Fort (July 14, 1787 - May 11, 1859) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Warrenton, Georgia. He completed preparatory studies and then studied medicine. He graduated from the Philadelphia Medical College, and commenced practice in 1810. He was a captain of a volunteer company in the War of 1812.

Fort was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1818-1826. He was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the 20th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He resumed the practice of medicine in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was president of the State Bank of Georgia in 1832 and remainted in that position until his death in Milledgeville in 1859. He was buried in the City Cemetery.