Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-10

ALFRED CO It1bEhI I'm lt1C oA-AN<A II
alfred Cuthbert was a native of Sa-
vannah and a graduate or Princeton col
lege. He moved to Jasper county, stud
led law and began the practice at Month
cello. HA- represented Jasper county In
the legislature, and was subsequently
elected to the 18th congress, to succeed
William w. Bib, who had been appoint
ed senator He was reelected to the
l4th congress, but resigned before his
term expired. He re-entered politics la
ter and was a member of the 18th, 1871
and 10th congresses. he was elected 10
the senate, to succeed Jonn Forsyth re-
signed. He died at Monticello, July D.
1856.
Born in Virginia, Wilson Lumpkin was
! educated in the common schools OF Oglc-
thorpe county. He studied law at Attn
ems, and was admitted to the bar. He
served in the state Legislature, and later
held membership in the 14th, 2Oth ana
21st congresses. He was governor OF
Georgia from 1881 to 1885, and com
missioner under the Cherokee treaty in
1885. He was elected to the senate TO
succeed John P. King, resigned. He died
at Athens, December %, 1870.
Walter T. Colquitt, rather of Alfred
| Ii. Colquitt, was born In Virginia IN
l.J9. lie moved with MS parents 10
Georgia, where he received liberal prl-
mary education, and entered Princeton
college. lie began the practice or law
at Sparta, out later moved to Cowpens.
He was elected brigadIer general or the
militia by the legislature. ne was de-
feated for the goth congress, but later
elected Judge of the Chattah oochee cir
cult in 1926 The year following he was
licensed as Methodist Episcopal
preacher, but did not retire from politics.
He was a state senator in 1884 and 1887,
and was elected to the Goth congress as
state rights Wing, but refused to sup
port General Harrison for president, and
resigned July 81, 1S40. He was elected
to the 9th and 2Sth congresses, and Ia
ter elected to the senate. He died at
Macon may Z. 1850.
JOHNSON AND DAWSON.
native of Burke county, Ga, Her
schel V. Johnson was graduated from
Franklin college in 1884. he STUDIED
law and began the practice at Augusta
he moved to jefferson county in 1889
and to Milledgeville in 1914. He was
appointed to the United States senate
upon the resignation or Senator Colquitt
and served from February IA, 1S4S to
March 3, 1S49. Retiring from the sem
ate, he became Judge of the superior
court, and subsequently governor or
georgia, 1853-1S57. He was the Demo-
cratic candidate for vice president on
the Douglas ticket in 1860, and became a
senator from Georgia in the Second Con-
federate congress. He died in Jefferson
county, Ga. August Is, 1880.
William c. Dawson was born in Greene
county, Ca, and was graduate or
Franklin college. He began the prac-
tice of law at Greensboro, and became
member of the general assembly, serving
in both houses He was elected to the
oath, 25th, 26th and nth congresses as
a state rights Whig. He resigned from
congress and was appointed judge OF the
superior courts of the Ocmulgee circuit
in 1916. He was elected to the senate,
serving from December 8, 1919 to March
8, 1855. He died at Greensboro May 3,
1855.
ROBERT TOoMBs UNRECONsTRUC-
TED.
After holding several local offices,
Robert Toombs became a member of the
18th congress as a states rights Wing.
He was reelected to the 30th, S1st and
S9d congress. He entered the United
States senate March 4, 1853, as a states
rights whig, and served until March 3.
1861, when he was expelled. He served
in the provisional congress and was sec
rotary of state of the Confederate states.
He also served in the Confederate army,
and after the war escaped arrest and
went to Europe. While in England he
was admitted to the bar, and practiced
law. He returned home to Georgia, in
1867, but refused to take the oath Of al
legiance to the United States. He was
born in Wilkes county, July 2, 1910, and
died at Washington, Ga, December 10.
1885.
Robert NJ. Charlton, of Savannah, was
born in Chatham county, 1907. He was
we'll educated and became a lawyer,
practicing at Savannah. He was mem
Der of the state legislature United States
district attorney, judge of the superior
court. He was appointed a senator, and
served from June IL, 1852, to March 3,
1853. Subsequently he became mayor of
Savannah. He died at Savannah, Janu-
airy s. 1854.
Alfred Iverson, who served in the sem
ate contemporaneously with Robert
Toombs, was born in Burke county, and
was we'll educated, graduating from
Princeton college. He began practic-
ing law at Columbus, and served in the
state legislature. He was on the state
supreme bench for seven years, and an
| elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket,
1874 He served in the 3Oth congress, and
| tired In 1861, and served in the Confed-
crate army as colonel Was subse-
quently appointed brigadier general,
and died at Macon, March 5, 1873
AFTER THE WAR.
Georgia had no representation in the
! United States senate during the prog
ress of the war between the states. H.
| V. NJ. Miller and Joshua Hill were the
| first senator's after the war. Senator
Miller was born in South Carolina, in
1914. He was elected to the senate from
Georgia in 1871, and congress passed a
special form of oath for him to take. He
served from February 1, 1871, TO March 8,
! 1871. He died in 1896.
Joshua Hill was a native of South Car
DINA, and citizen of Madison, Ga. He
| served in the Both congress as an
American was reelected to the 36th, but
resigned January g. 1861. He was ap-
pointed collector of customs at Savannah
! in 1885, and registrar in bankruptcy in
| 1857 He was elected to the senate, and
served from February 1. 1871, to March g.,
| 1873 He was a member of the consti-