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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
ll1809-13 Peter Early1813-15 David B. Mitchell1815-17 William Rabun1817-19 Matthew Talbot, acting1819 John Clark1819-23 George M. Troup1823-27 John Forsyth1827-29 George R. Gilmer1829-31 Wilson Lumpkin1831-35 William Schley1835-37 George R. Gilmer1837-39 Charles J. McDonald1839-43 George W. Crawford1843-47 George W. B. Towns1847-51 Howell Cobb1851-53 Herschel V. Johnson1853-57 Joseph E. Brown1857-65 James Johnson1865 Charles J. Jenkins1865-67 Gen. T. H. Ruger1867-68 Rufus B. Bullock1868-72 James Milton Smith1872-77 Alfred H. Colquitt1877-82 Alexander H. Stephens1882-83 Henry D. McDaniel1883-86 John B. Gordon1886-90 William J. Northen1890-94 William Y. Atkinson1895-98 Allen D. Candler1898– United States Senators. NameNo. of CongressDate. William Few1st and 2d1789 to 1793 James Gunn1st to 7th1789 to 1801 James Jackson3d1794 to 1795 George Watson4th1795 Josiah Tattnall4th to 5th1796 to 1799 Abraham Baldwin6th to 9th1799 to 1807 James Jackson7th to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gordon, John Brown 1832- (search)
of Georgia; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and shortly after he began to practise the Civil War broke out, and he entered the Confederate army as a captain of infantry. He passed successively through all grades to the rank of lieutenant-general. During the war he was wounded in battle eight times, the wound received at Antietam being very severe. He was a candidate for governor of Georgia on the Democratic ticket in 1868, and claimed the election, but his Republican opponent, Rufus B. Bullock, was given the office. He was a member of the National Democratic conventions of 1868 and 1872, and presidential elector for the same years. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1873; re-elected in 1879; and resigned in 1880. In 1886 he was elected governor of Georgia, serving till 1897. On May 31, 1900, he was elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. General Gordon attained wide popularity, especially in the cities of the North, as a lecturer on the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
ic party of Georgia ......Feb. 13, 1868 New constitution ratified......March 11, 1868 Rufus B. Bullock, Republican, elected governor......April 20, 1868 Farming out of penitentiary convicts begun by General Ruger......May 11, 1868 Governor Bullock inaugurated, to serve four years......July 22, 1868 Convention of negroes held at Macon......Oct. 6, 1868 Right of negroes to hold off District of Georgia......Dec. 24, 1869 Legislature elected 1868 assemble in Atlanta by Governor Bullock's proclamation, to perfect organization of State......Jan. 10, 1870 Fourteenth and Fift.....July 15, 1870 System of public instruction established by law......Oct. 13, 1870 Governor Bullock, accused of fraudulent negotiation of bonds endorsed by the State, resigns and leaves the S.July 2, 1873 Amendment to bonding law prohibits payment of $8,000,000 bonds endorsed by Governor Bullock and pronounced fraudulent. (Being ambiguously worded, it failed of its purpose.) Passed...