Education
University of Georgia.
lawyer politician representative
University of Georgia.
He served in the state legislature from 1831 to 1832 and the state senate from 1837 to 1838. He was commissioned a major general in the Georgia Militia, 9th Division, in 1838. He represented Georgia in the United States. Congress from 1843 to 1851.
He was the father-in-law of the famous Confederate General John Gordon.
Hugh A. Haralson is the namesake of Haralson County, Georgia and the city of Haralson, Georgia in Coweta County.