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Senator Biographies from 1889
Fiftieth Congress. (Second session.)
Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress
Senators
Joseph E. Brown, of Atlanta, Georgia,
was born in Pickens district, South Carolina, April 15, 1821; when he was a boy his father moved the Georgia; he
was educated at Calhoun Academy, South Carolina; he taught school in Canton, Georgia; he was admitted to the bar
in August 1845; he afterwards graduated in Yale College Law School, and returned to Georgia and commenced the practice
of law in 1846; in 1849 he was elected to the State Senate; in 1852 he was a Pierce elector; in 1855 he was elected
Judge of the Superior courts of the Blue Ridge Circuit; in 1857 he was elected Governor by the Democratic party
over Hon Benjamin H. Hill; re-elected in 1859 over Hon Warren Aiken. He was a Secessionist in 1860, and was
active and energetic as a war Governor after the State had seceded. In 1861 he was again elected Governor
over the Hon Eugenius A. Nisbet; in 1863 he was again a candidate for governor, and opposed by Hon Joshua Hill,
an original Union man and Hon Timothy Furlow, an original Secessionist; Governor Brown was elected over both by
a handsome majority. During the war Governor Brown opposed the policy of President Davis on the conscript
act, but threw no obstacles in the way of the execution of the law by the confederate Government; he simple discussed
with the President the constitutionality of the measure. After the surrender he advocated acquiescence in
the reconstruction measures, and became very unpopular on account of his recommendation that the people acquiesce
and carry them out in good faith. As the Democratic Party opposed these measures, as a reconstructionist
he voted for General Grant, who favored them. During the Legislature in 1868 he was nominated by the Republicans
for United States Senator, and defeated by Hon. Joshua Hill, which was the only defeat of his life; in every instance
when he has been a candidate before the people he has been successful. After his defeat for Senator he was
appointed by Governor Bullock Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, which position he held till December
1870, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of the Western Atlantic Railroad Company. He then devoted
his life to business pursuits, being a candidate for no office, but acting with the Democratic Party since 1872
upon the reconstruction platform. When General Gordon resigned his position in the Senate Governor Brown
was appointed to fill the vacancy; he was afterwards elected over General A. R. Lawton, his opponent, by over a
two-thirds majority of the Legislature. He was re-elected in 1884 by the unanimous vote of the Legislature
with the exception of a single vote cast for General Robert Toombs. His term of service will expire March
3, 1891.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, of Atlanta,
was born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, 1824; graduated at Princeton College, New Jersey, in the class of
1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845; served as a staff officer, with the rank of Major, during
the Mexican war; was elected and served as a member of the Thirty-third congress; was a member of the Georgia Legislature
in 1859; was a Presidential Elector for the State at large on the Breckinridge ticket in 1860; was a member of
the Secession convention of the State of Georgia; entered the confederate service as Captain; was subsequently
chosen Colonel of the Sixth Georgia Infantry; served as a Brigadier-General and was commissioned as a Major-General;
was elected governor of the State of Georgia in 1876 for four years, and was re-elected to the United States Senate
as a Democrat, to succeed Pope Barrow, democrat, for the full term commencing March 4, 1883. His term of
service will expire March 3, 1889.
Representatives
First District
Counties – Appling, Bryan, Bullock, Camden,
Charlton, Chatham, clinch, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh, Pierce, Scriven, Tatnall, Ware,
and Wayne.
Thomas M. Norwood of Savannah, was
born in Talbot county, Georgia, April 26, 1830; received an academic education at Culloden, Monroe county, Georgia;
was graduated at Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in 1850; studied law and was admitted to practice in February
1852; removed to Savannah in March 1852 where he as practiced law ever since; was a member of the Georgia Legislature
in 1861-’62; was elected alternate Democratic Elector for the State at large in 1868 on the Seymour and Blair ticket;
was elected to the United States Senate in November, 1871; after a contest for his seat with Foster Blodgett, he
was admitted to his seat December 19, 18871 and served until March 3, 1877; was elected to the Forty-ninth congress
and was re-elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2.061 votes against 17 votes for Groover,
Republican.
Second District
Counties – Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun,
Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, early, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth
Henry G. Turner, of Quitman, was born
in North Carolina March 20, 1839; was elected to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth congresses and
was re-elected to the Fiftieth congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,411 votes. No opposition.
Third District
Counties – Coffee, Dodge, Dooly, Houston,
Irwin, Laurens, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Telfair, Webster, and Wilcox.
Charles Frederick Crisp, of Americus,
was born on the 29th of January, 1845, in Sheffield, England, where his parents had gone on a visit;
was brought by them to this country the year of his birth; received a common school education in Savannah and Macon,
Georgia; entered the Confederate Army in May 1861; was a Lieutenant in Company K, Tenth Virginia Infantry, and
served with that regiment until the 12th of may 1864 when he became a prisoner of war; upon his release
from Fort Delaware in June 1865, he joined his parents at Ellaville, Schley County Georgia; read law in Americus,
and was admitted to the bar there in 1866; began the practice of law in Ellaville, Georgia; in 1872 was appointed
Solicitor-General of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, and was reappointed in 1873 for a term of four years; in
June 1877, was appointed Judge of the Superior court of the same circuit; in 1878 was elected by the General Assembly
to the same office; in 1880 was re-elected Judge for a term of four years; resigned that office in September 1882
to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress; was Permanent President of the Democratic Convention which assembled
in Atlanta in April 1883, to nominate a candidate for Governor; was elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
congresses, and was re-elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 1,704 votes, no opposition.
Fourth District
Counties – Coweta, Chattahoochee, Carroll,
Harris, Heard, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, and Troup
Thomas Wingfield Grimes, of Columbus,
was born and raised in Georgia; is by profession a lawyer; served as a private in the Confederate Army during the
last eighteen months of the way; was a member of the Legislature in 1868-’69 and re-elected in 1875-’76; served
at State Senator 1878-’79; was a member
of the National Democratic Convention in
1880; was elected by the Georgia legislature, in 1880, Solicitor- General of the Chattahoochee Circuit for the
term of four years; was re-elected without opposition in 1884, resigned upon being nominated for congress and was
elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,909 votes against 300 votes for Carmichael, Republican.
Fifth District
Counties – Campbell, Clayton, De Kalb, Douglas,
Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton
John D. Stewart, of Griffin, was born
in Fayette county, Georgia, August 2, 1833; received a common school education; attended Marshall college two years;
taught school two years in Griffin, during which time he read law, and was admitted to practice in 1856; was elected
Probate Judge and served as such five years; was Lieutenant and Captain in the thirteenth Georgia Regiment during
the late war; was a member of the Georgia legislature, 1865 until 1867; was ordained a Minister of the Baptist
church in 1871; was Mayor of Griffin, 1875-’76; was Judge of the Superior Court from November 7, 1879, until
January 1, 1886; was twice elected Judge
by the Legislature without opposition; resigned to become a candidate for Congress; is Trustee of Mercer University,
Georgia and of Theological seminary, Louisville, Kentucky; and was elected to the Fiftieth congress as a Democrat,
receiving 2,999 votes. No opposition.
Sixth District
Counties – Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Pike, Twiggs, Upson, and Wilkinson.
James H. Blount, of Macon, was born
in Georgia September 12, 1837; was elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh,
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth congresses, and was re-elected to the Fiftieth congress as a Democrat, receiving 1,722
votes, no opposition.
Seventh District
Counties – Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb,
Dade Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Faulding, Polk, Walker and Whitfield
Judson C. Clements, of Rome, was born
in Walker County, Georgia, February 12, 1846; was educated in the schools of that county, also in the law at Cumberland
University, at Lebanon, Tennessee; was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in 1869 at La Fayette,
Georgia, and has continued in
the same till the present time; was elected
Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia in 1872 for the term of two years and re-elected in 1874;
was elected State senator in 1877; was elected
to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth congresses, and was re-elected to the Fiftieth congress
as a Democrat, receiving 5.043 votes against
1,5337 votes for Felton, Republican.
Eighth District
Counties – Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene,
Hancock, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Oconee, Putnam, and Wilkes
Henry Hull Carlton, of Athens, was
born in Athens, Georgia, May 14, 1835, where he has always resided; received a common school and university education;
graduated in medicine and surgery from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1857, and with the exception
of the four years of the war, practiced his profession till 1872; was elected a Representative to the General Assembly
of Georgia in 1872, and was successively re-elected till 1877, when he declined re-elected; declined the Speakership
of that body, preferring to more active duties upon the floor; was Speaker pro tempore and Chairman of Finance
Committee; was State Senator, 1884-’85 and President of the Senate during that term; was editor and proprietor
of the Athens Banner (now Banner-Watchman) until 1880 when he commenced the practice of law; was elected city Attorney
of Athens; was four years in the Confederate Army, under General R. E. Lee, holding the rank of Lieutenant, Captain
and Major of Artillery; and was elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,377 votes against 55
votes scattering.
Ninth District
Counties – Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin,
Forsyth, Golmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Milton, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, Union and White
Allen D. Candler, of Gainesville,
was born in Lumpkin county, Georgia, November 4, 1934; he graduated at Mercer University, Georgia, in 1858; studied
law, but the war coming on he never practiced; was successively a private, Lieutenant, Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel,
and Colonel in the Confederate Army; was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1872-’77; was a member
of the Georgia State Senate, 1877-’79; is a manufacturer and farmer; was elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
congresses and was re-elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 2,355 votes against 11 votes for
York, Republican.
Tenth District
Counties – Burke, Columbia, Glasscock, Jefferson,
Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliafero, Warren and Washington
George T. Barnes, of Augusta, was
born in Richmond County, Georgia, August 14, 1833; was educated at the Richmond County Academy and at Franklin
College, University of Georgia, Athens, where he graduated in August 1853; studied law, was admitted to the bar,
and has since practiced; was a member of the State House of Representatives of Georgia in 1860-’65; was a member
of the National Democratic Committee from Georgia in 1876-’84; was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress and was
re-elected to the Fiftieth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 1,944 votes, no opposition.
Submitted by Debbie Personette
Fiftieth
Congress. (Second session.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress
Date:
1889-01-01;
Author:
U.S. Congress. Senate
Serial
Set Vol. No. 2614, Session Vol. No.1
50th Congress, 2nd Session
S.Misc.Doc. 1 pt. 1 & 2
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