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==Political life== Howley took his seat in [[U.S. Congress|Congress]] in July 1780.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cashin|first1=Edward J.|title=The King's Ranger : Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier|date=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press USA|location=New York|isbn=9780820310930|url=https://archive.org/details/kingsrangerthoma00cash_0|accessdate=6 June 2016|url-access=registration}}</ref> He assisted in obtaining a new loan from France. His primary interest, however, was to guard against peace proposals that would allow Britain to retain control of Georgia. With Walton and [[William Few]], he published ''Observations upon the Effects of Certain Late Political Suggestions by the Delegates of Georgia''. Howley lost his re-election bid to Congress and returned to Georgia. He was elected to the [[Georgia General Assembly]] in 1782. He was able to acquire confiscated Tory property being sold in [[Chatham County, Georgia|Chatham]] and [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty]] counties. [[Aedanus Burke]] turned down an offer to become chief justice of Georgia, and in October 1782 Howley was appointed pro tempore chief justice. He represented Liberty County in the general assembly during 1783 and 1784, after which he moved his residence to Savannah.
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