Congressional Biographies with Roots in Georgia

Congressional Biographies
Those Rooted in the State of Georgia

BECK, Erasmus Williams, a Representative from Georgia; born in McDonough, Henry County, Ga, October 21, 1833, attended the local schools of his native county, a private school, and Mercer University, Macon, Ga, for two years; in 1855, on account of ill health, retirned to McDonough and began the study of law; moved to Griffin, Ga, in 1856 and continued his law studies; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Griffin, Ga; served for a short period in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but was invalided home on account of ill health; during the war was solicito general of the Flint circuit; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas J. Speer and served from December 2, 1872, to March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of his profession at Griffin, Ga; judge of the city court of Griffin from 1890 until his death in that city on July 22, 1898; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.

BELL, Thomas Montgomery, a Representative from Georgia; born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, White County, Ga, March 17, 1861; attended the common schools, a private school in Cleveland, Ga, and Moore's Business University at Atlanta; taught in the public schools of Cleveland in 1878 and 1879; in the following year became employed as a traveling salesman and was connected with many wholesale business houses at Atlanta, Ga, and Baltimore, Md; moved to Gainesville, Ga, in 1885 and continued his former pursuits; elected clerk of the superior court of Hall County in 1898; reelected in 1900 and again in 1902 and served until 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930; employed as a representative of a marble caompany; died in Gainesville, Ga, March 18, 1941; interment in Alta Vista Cemetery.

BLOUNT, James Henderson, a Representative from Georgia; born near Clinton, Jones County, Ga, September 12, 1837; attended private schools in Clinton, Ga, and Tuscaloosa, Ala; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1858; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Clinton, Jones County, Ga; moved to Macon, Ga, in 1872 and continued the practice of law; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as a private in the Second Georgia Battalion, Floyd Rifles, for two years, and was later lieutenant colonel for two years; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomination in 1892; appointed by President Cleveland commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands on March 20, 1893; retired from that position in 1893 and devoted his time to his plantation interests; died in Macon, Ga, March 8, 1903; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. [Gravesite Photo]

BRAND, Charles Hillyer, a Representative from Georgia, born in Loganville, Walton County, Ga, April 20, 1861; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1881; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Ga; member of the State senate in 1894 and 1895 and served as president pro tempore; served as president and director of the Brand Banking Co, Lawrenceville, Ga, and director of the Georgia National Bank and of the American State Bank, Athens, Ga; solicitor general for the western judicial circuit of Georgia 1896-1904; judge of the superior court 1906-1917; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Samuel J. Tribble; reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in Athens, Ga, on May 17, 1933; interment in Shadow Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.

CHAPPELL, Absalom Harris (cousin of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar), a Representative from Georgia; born at Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga, December 18, 1801; attended the local academy at Mount Zion, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1821; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Sandersville, Washington County, Ga; moved to Forsyth, Ga, in 1824 and practiced; member of the State senate in 1832 and 1833; served in the State house of representatives 1834-1839; moved to Macon, Ga, in 1836 and continued the practice of law; delegate to the Knoxville convention in 1836; promoter of the Monroe Railroad; appointed on the board of commissioners to arrange a State finance system in 1839; elected as a State Rights Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect John B. Lamar and served from October 2, 1843, to March 3, 1845; was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; member of the State senate in 1845, serving as president; resumed the practice of law; moved to Columbus, Ga, in 1857 and continued the practice of law; also engaged in literary pursuits; affiliated with the Democratic Party; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865 and again in 1877; also a delegate to the Conservative convention at Macon in 1867; died in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga, December 11, 1878; interment in Linwood Cemetery.

COLQUITT, Alfred Holt (son of Walter Terry Colquitt), a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Monroe, Walton County, Ga, April 20, 1824; attended school in Monroe, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Monroe, Ga; served as a staff officer with the rank of major during the Mexican War; elected to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; member of the State house of representatives in 1859; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Breckinridge and Lane in 1860; member of the State secession convention in 1861; entered the Confederate service as captain and was later commissioned colonel of the Sixth Georgia Infantry; promoted successively to the rank of brigadier general and major general and served throughout the Civil War; Governor of Georgia 1876-1880; reelected under a new constitution for two years; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1883; reelected in 1888 and served from March 4, 1883, until his death in Washington, DC, March 26, 1894; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Ga.

COOK, Philip, a Representative from Georgia; born in Twiggs County, Ga, July 30, 1817; was graduated from Oglethorpe University, Georgia, and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1840; peacticed in Forsyth, Ga, in 1841 and 1842; moved successively to Sumter, Lanier, and Oglethorpe Counties, and continued the practice of law until 1869; served in the State senate in 1859, 1860, 1863, and 1864; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a private; was successively commissioned as first lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and, in August 1863, brigadier general, and served throughout the Civil War; member of the State convention in 1865; moved to Americus, Sumter County, Ga, in 1885; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1883); resumed the practice of law in Americus, Ga; State capitol commissioner 1883-1889; elected secretary of state of Georgia in 1890 and served until his death in Atlanta, Ga, May 24, 1894; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.

COOK, Zadoc, a Representative from Georgia; born in Virginia February 18, 1769; moved to Hancock County, Ga, in early life, and was one of the first settlers in Clark County; self-educated, having attended school only three weeks; ensign in the Washington County Militia in 1793; captain of the Eleventh Company, Hancock County Militia, in 1796; member of the State house of representatives in 1806, 1807 and again in 1822; served in the State senate 1810-1814, 1823, and 1824; elected to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alfred Cuthbert; reelected to the Fifteenth Congress and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1819; retired from public life and settled on his plantation near Watkinsville, Ga, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on August 3, 1863; interment in Jackson Cemetery, Oconee (then Clark) County, Ga.

COOPER, Mark Anthony (cousin of Eugenius Aristides Nisbet), a Representative from Georgia; born near Powellton, Hancock County, Ga, on April 20, 1800; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga; moved to Columbus, Ga; served in the campaign against the Seminole Indians in Florida in 1825, and again in 1836; member of the State house of representatives in 1833; elected as a State Rights Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to Twenty-seventh Congress but was later elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Dawson; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth congress and served from January 3, 1842, to June 26, 1843, when he resigned to become a candidate for Governor, but was unsuccessful; president of the Etowah Manufacturing & Mining Co. of Etowah, Ga, in 1859; diede at his home, "Glen Holly," near Cartersville, Barrow County, Ga, March 17, 1885; interment on his estate.

COX, Edward Eugene, a Representative from Georgia; born near Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga, April 3, 1880; attended the grade schools, Camilla High School, the academic department of Mercer University, Macon, Ga, for nearly four years, and was graduated from the law department of that university in 1902; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Camilla, Ga; mayor of Camilla 1904-1906; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Denver in 1908; appointed and subsequently elected judge of the superior court of the Albany circuit and served from 1912 until he resigned in 1916, having become a candidate for Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1925, until his death; chairman, Select Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations (Eighty-second Congress); had been reelected to the Eighty-third Congress; died in Bethesda, Md., December 24, 1952; interment in Oakview Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.

DAVIS, Robert Wyche, a Representative from Florida; born near Albany, Lee County, Ga, March 15, 1849; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted in 1863 at the age of fourteen years in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army, and served until the surrender of his company, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, on April 26, 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Blakeley, Ga; moved to Florida in 1879 and located in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, then in Gainesville, Alachua County, and afterward in Palatka, Putnam County, and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives from Clay County in 1884 and 1885, serving as speaker the latter year; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905); was not a candidate for renomination in 1904; resumed the practice of law in Palatka, and Tampa, Fla; moved to Gainesville, Fla, in 1914 and served as register of the United States land office at Gainesville 1914-1922; editor of the Gainesville Sun; mayor of Gainesville in 1924 and 1925; resumed the practice of law in 1928; died in Gainesville, Fla, September 15, 1929; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

EVERETT, Robert William, a Representative from Georgia; born near Hayne[s]ville, Houston County, Ga, March 3, 1839; attended the village schools and Hayneville Academy; was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Ga, in 1859; taught school in Polk and Houston Counties for two years; settled in Polk County, Ga, in 1860; entered the Confederate Army as a sergeant in Captain Gartrell's company, Gen. N. B. Forrest's escort squadron, and served until the close of the Civil War; again engaged in teaching school in Houston County and also in cedartwon, Ga, until 1872, when he abandoned the profession for agricultural pursuits; commissioner of roads and revenue of Polk County 1875-1880; member of the Board od Education of Polk County 1880-1891 and served as president of the board 1882-1891; member of the State house of representatives 1882-1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for renomination in 1892; resumed agricultural pursuits; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899; discontinued active pursuits and lived in retirement until his death in Rockmart, Polk County, Ga, on February 27, 1915; interment in Cedartown Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga.

FREEMAN, James Crawford, a Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton (later Gray), Jones County, Ga, April 1, 1820; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Griffin, Ga, in 1865 and continued in farming operations; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in banking; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); moved to Atlanta, Ga, and again engaged in mercantile pursuits; died in Atlanta, Ga, September 3, 1885; interment in Oakland Cemetery.

GRIMES, Thomas Wingfield, a Representative from Georgia; born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga, December 18, 1844; attended private schools, and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1863; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbus, Ga; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War for eighteen months with Nelson's rangers, Gen. S. D. Lee's escort company; member of the State house of representatives in 1868, 1869, 1875, and 1876; member of the State senate in 1878 and 1879; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati in 1880; solicitor general of the Chattahoochee circuit from 1880 to 1888, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in Columbus, Ga, and died there on October 28, 1905; interment in Linwood Cemetery.

HARRIS, Henry Richard, a Representative from Georgia; born in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga, February 2, 1828; moved to Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga, in 1833; attended Professor Beeman's School for Boys, Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga, and was graduated from Emory College at Oxford, Ga, in 1847; member of the State constitutional convention in 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; appointed by President Cleveland as Third Assistant Postmaster General of the United States and served from April 1, 1887, to March 18, 1889; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Odessadale, Meriwether County, Ga, October 15, 1909; interment in Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Ga.

HOLT, Hines, a Representative from Georgia; born near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga, April 27, 1805; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) at Athens in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbus, Ga; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter T. Colquitt and served from February 1 to March 3, 1841; resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate in 1859; Member of the House of Representatives of the First Confederate Congress 1862-1864; died while attending as a delegate the State constitutional convention at Milledgeville, Ga, on November 4, 1865; interment in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.

HUGHES, Dudley Mays, a Representative from Georgia; born in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga, October 10, 1848; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1870; engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1871; member of the State senate in 1882 and 1883; president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society 1904-1906; commissioner general of Georgia at the World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo, in 1904; trustee of the Danville School, the State Normal Institute, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia State Agricultural College; president of the Georgia Fruit Growers' Association; one of the original projectors and builders of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad and served as president and director; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1906-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Danville, Ga; died in Macon, Bibb County, Ga, January 20, 1927; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston County, Ga.

LAMAR, Henry Graybill, a Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton, Jones County, Ga, July 10, 1798; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Macon, Ga; judge of the State superior court; member of the State house of representatives; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George R. Gilmer; reelected to the Twenty-second Congress and served from December 7, 1829, to March 3, 1833; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1857; associate justice of the State supreme court; died in Macon, Ga, September 10, 1861; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.

LAMAR, John Basil, a Representative from Georgia; born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga, on November 5, 1812; attended Dr. Beman's school at Mount Zion, Ga, and Franklin College (now University of Georgia) at Athens in 1827; moved to a plantation near Macon, Bibb County, Ga, in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1837 and 1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served from March 4 until July 29, 1843, when he resigned; resumed the management of his plantation which extended throughout central and southwest Georgia and into Florida; trustee of the University of Georgia 1855-1858; delegate to the State convention which adopted the secession ordinance in 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as an aide on the staff of Gen. Howell Cobb; was mortally wounded in the battle at Cramptons Gap, Md, and died the following day, September 15, 1862; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.

LAMAR, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (uncle of William Bailey Lamar and cousin of Absalom Harris Chappell), a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga, September 17, 1825; attended the Scottsboro School near Milledgeville, Ga, and the Georgia Conference Manual Labor School 8135-1838; moved to Oxford, Miss; was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga, in 1845; studied law in Macon; was admitted to the bar in 1847; returned to Oxford, Miss, in 1849 and served one year as professor of mathematics in the University of Mississippi at Oxford; moved to Covington, Ga, in 1852 and practiced law; member of the State house of representatives 1853; returned to Lafayette County, Miss, in 1855; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, until his retirement in December 1860 to become a member of the secession convention of Mississippi January 9, 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Eighteenth Mississippi Regiment; entered the diplomatic service of the Confederacy and was sent on a special mission to Russia, France, and England in 1863; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865, 1868, 1875, 1877, and 1881; professor of political economy and social science in the University of Mississippi in 1866; professor of law in 1867; elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); did not seek renomination in 1876, having been elected Senator; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1880; elected to the United States Senate in 1877; reelected in 1883 and served from March 4, 1877, until March 6, 1885, when he resigned; Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Cleveland from March 6, 1885, until his resignation on January 10, 1888; appointed by President Cleveland to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; confirmed January 16, 1888; took his seat two days later and served until his death in Vineville, Ga, January 23, 1893; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Ga; reinterment in St. Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss, in 1894.

LAWSON, Thomas Graves, a Representative from Georgia; born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga, on May 2, 1835; attended private schools, and was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Ga, in 1855; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Eatonton, Ga; during the Civil War served two years in the Confederate Army; member of the State house of representatives 1861-1866, 1889, and 1890; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1877; member of the board of trustees of Mercer University and the Eatonton Male and Female Academy; judge of the superior courts of Ocmulgee circuit 1879-1887; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Eatonton, Ga, 1888-1891; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed agricultural pursuits in Putnam County, Ga; died in Eatonton, Ga, April 16, 1912; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.

LEWIS, Elijah Banks, a Representative from Georgia; born in Coney, Dooly County, Ga, March 27, 1854; attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Ga, and a business school in Macon, Ga; moved to Montezuma, Macon County, Ga, in 1871 and engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits; member of the State senate in 1894 and 1895; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; engaged in his former business activities until his death in Montezuma, Ga, on December 10, 1920; interment in Felton Cemetery.

LONG, Jefferson Franklin, a Representative from Georgia; born near Knoxville, Crawford County, Ga, March 3, 1836; was of the Negro race; educated himself; became a merchant tailor in Macon, Ga; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Samuel F. Gore not entitled to the seat and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871; was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1880 which nominated Garfield and Arthur; resumed business in Macon, Ga, and died there February 5, 1900; interment in Lynwood Cemetery.

LOVE, Peter Early, a Representative from Georgia; born near Dublin, Laurens County, Ga, July 7, 1818; was graduated from Franklin College (now a part of the University of Georgia), Athens, Ga, in 1829 and from the Philadelphia College of Medicina in 1838; practiced medicine while studying law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga; solicitor general of the southern district of Georgia in 1843; member of the State senate in 1849; elected judge of the State superior court for the southern circuit in 1853; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his retirement on January 23, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Thomasville, Ga; member of the State house of representatives in 1861; died in Thomasville, Ga, November 8, 1866; interment in the Old Cemetery.

MACINTYRE, Archibald Thompson, a Representative from Georgia; born near Marion, Twiggs County, Ga, October 27, 1822; moved with his parents to Thomas County, Ga, in 1826; attended the common schools and was graduated from Thomasville Academy; studied law in Monticello, Fla, and Macon, Ga; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced the practice of law at Thomasville; member of the State house of representatives in 1849; during the Civil War served as colonel of the Eleventh Infantry, Georgia Guards, in the Confederate Army; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law in Thomasville, Ga; member of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia and Georgia State Sanitarium; died in Thomasville on January 1, 1900; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

MOBLEY, William Carlton, a Representative from Georgia; born near Hillsboro, Jones County, Ga, December 7, 1906; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of Mercer University, Macon, Ga, in 1928; was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Forsyth, Ga; served as secretary to Congressman Samuel Rutherford 1929-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Rutherford and served from March 2, 1932, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for nomination in 1932; secretary in the executive department of the State of Georgia 1934-1937; assistant attorney general of Georgia 1941-1943; during World War II served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy 1943-1946; resumed the practice of law in Macon, Ga; associate justice, supreme court of Georgia, from June 1, 1954, to December 1, 1960; reelected in 1960 and again in 1966 for the term ending December 31, 1972; elected presiding justice in August 1969; Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Georgia, 1969-1975; resided in Atlanta, Ga., until his death October 14, 1981; interment in Forsyth, Ga.

NICHOLLS, John Calhoun, a Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton, Jones County, Ga, April 25, 1834; attended private schools and was graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va, in 1855; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Clinch and Ware Counties, Ga; also engaged as a planter; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as captain, Company I, Fourth Regiment, Georgia Cavalry; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1866; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Seymour and Blair in 1868; served in the State senate 1870-1875; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis in 1876; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed the practice of law in Blackshear, Pierce County, Ga, where he died December 25, 1893; interment in Blackshear Cemetery.

NISBET, Eugenius Aristides, (cousin of Mark Anthony Cooper), a Representative from Georgia; born near Union Point, Greene County, Ga, December 7, 1803; completed preparatory studies; attended the Powellton Academy, Hancock County, Ga, 1815-1817 and the University of South Carolina at Columbia 1817-1819; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1821; was admitted to the bar by a special act of the legislature before he was twenty-one and commenced the practice of law in Madison, Morgan County, Ga, in 1824; member of the State house of representatives 1827-1830; served in the State senate 1830-1837; moved to Macon, Ga, in 1837 and resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839, until October 12, 1841, when he resigned; associate judge of the supreme court of Georgia 1845-1853; member of the secession convention of Georgia in January 1861 and was the author of the ordinance of secession; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1861; died in Macon, Bibb County, Ga, March 18, 1871; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. [Gravesite Photos]

PRESTON, Prince Hulon Jr., a Representative from Georgia; born in Monroe, Walton County, Ga, July 5, 1908; attended the public schools of Statesboro, Ga; was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1930; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Statesboro, Ga; member of the State house of representatives 1935-1938; during World War II enlisted in September 1942 as a private in the United States Army; was promoted through the ranks to captain, being discharged October 13, 1945; elected judge of the city court of Statesboro in 1946 but did not serve, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1960; died in Savannah, Ga., February 8, 1961; interment in Eastside Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.

RUTHERFORD, Samuel, a Representative from Georgia; born near Culloden, Crawford County, Ga, March 15, 1870; attended the public schools at Culloden and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va; was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1894; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga; mayor of Forsyth fot three consecutive years; member of the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897; solicitor of the city court of Forsyth 1898-1900; interested in banking 1901-1916; served in the State senate in 1909 and 1910; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; again a member of the State house of representatives 1921-1924; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in Washington, DC, on February 4, 1932; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.

SANFORD, John W. A., a Representative from Georgia; born near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga, August 28, 1798; attended the Baldwin County schools, and Yale University, New Haven, Conn; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Union Democrat to the Twenty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1835, to July 25, 1835, when he resigned, before the convening of Congress, to assist in the removal of the Cherokee Indians; served in the Cherokee War in 1836 with the rank of major general; was a member of the Baldwin Blues, being discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability due to wounds; elected to the State senate in 1837, but resigned before taking his seat; served as secretary of state of Georgia 1841-1843; member of the State convention of 1850; died in Milledgeville, Ga, September 12, 1870; interment in Milledgeville Cemetery.

SEWARD, James Lindsay, a Representative from Georgia; born in Dublin, Laurens County, Ga, on October 30, 1813; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Thomas County in 1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga; member of the State house of representatives 1835-1839, 1847, 1848, 1851, and 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; resumed the practice of law and also engaged as a planter; delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1858, 1859, and 1860; served in the State senate 1859-1865; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; member of the board of trustees of Young's Female College 1860-1886 and of the University of Georgia at Athens 1865-1886; delegate to the reconstruction constitutional convention in 1865; delegate to the Democratic Conservative Convention in 1870; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1877; died in Thomasville, Ga, on November 21, 1886; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

SLOAN, Andrew, a Representative from Georgia; born in McDonough, Henry County, Ga, June 10, 1845; attended the common schools, Marshall College, Griffin, Ga, and Bethany (W Va) College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced; solicitor of Henry County in 1866; moved to Savannah, Ga; deputy collector of customs in 1867; resigned, and resumed the practice of law; assistant United States district attorney in 1869; later appointed district attorney and served until 1872, when he resigned, acting at the same time as local counsel for the United States in regard to the cotton claims and also with the mixed commission on British and American claims; successfully contested as a Rupublican the election of Morgan Rawls to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 24, 1874, to March 3, 1875; moved to New Mexico in 1881 and settled in Silver City, where he died September 22, 1883; interment in the City Cemetery.

VINSON, Carl, a Representative from Georgia; born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga, November 18, 1883; attended the Georgia Military College at Milledgeville, and was graduated from Mercer University Law School, Macon, Ga, in 1902; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Milledgeville; prosecuting attorney of Baldwin County, Ga, 1906-1909; member of the State house of representatives 1909-1912, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1911 and 1912; appointed judge of the county court of Baldwin County and served from October 3, 1912, to November 2, 1914, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas W. Hardwick; reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the twenty-four succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1914, to January 3, 1965; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Seventy-second through Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (Eighty-first, Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth through Eighty-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Milledgeville, Ga., where he died June 1, 1981; interment in Memory Hill Cemetery.

WELLBORN, Marshall Johnson, a Representative from Georgia; born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga, May 29, 1808; attended the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and practiced in Columbus, Ga; held several local offices; member of the State house of representatives in 1833 and 1834; judge of the superior court of Georgia 1838-1842; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); studied theology and was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1864 and continued in the ministry until his death in Columbus, Ga, October 16, 1874; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.

WISE, James Walter, a Representative from Georgia; born near McDonough, Henry County, Ga, March 3, 1868; attended the common schools; studied law at Emory College, Oxford, Ga; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Ga, in January 1893; member of the State house of representatives 1902-1908; was mayor of Fayetteville 1904-1906; solicitor general of the Flint judicial circuit 1908-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924; owing to prolonged illness was unable to qualify for or attend the Sixty-eighth Congress; died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga, on September 8, 1925; interment in McDonough Cemetery, McDonough, Ga.

Sources include the following:
- Ancestry.com
- Biographical Directory of the United State Congress

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