Nathaniel Edwin Harris, American governor. member Georgia House of Representatives, 1882-1886, Senate, 1894-1896; Mason.
Background
Harris was born in Jonesboro, Tennessee, in 1846 and moved to Georgia during the American Civil War to escape Union troops. At the age of sixteen, he joined the infantry of the Confederate States Army and served until the end of the American Civil War eventually becoming an officer in the 16th Virginia Cavalry. After the war, he returned to his family's home in Tennessee; however, they soon moved to Bartow County, Georgia.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia, 1870. Doctor of Laws, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Emory College, Georgia, 1913.
Career
Enlisted in C.S.A., March 1, 1862, and served to close of Civil War, part of time on staff in Army of Northern Virginia. Began law practice, Sparta, Georgia, 1872. Removed to Macon, 1873.
Corporation counsel Macon, 1874-1882. Member Georgia House of Representatives, 1882-1886, Senate, 1894-1896. Judge Superior Court, Macon Circuit, 1912.
Governor of Georgia, term 1915-1917. Pension commissioner of Georgia, by apptmt, of Governor Walker, 1924-1925. Founder, 1885, and from then chairman trustees Georgia School of Technology (acted as president while the president was absent in France).
Trustee University of Georgia, since 1885, Wesleyan Female College, 1882-1926. Elected trustee Vanderbilt University by General Conference, 1910, but not seated. Democratic presidential elector for state at large, and president Electoral College for Georgia, 1924.
Works
Other Work
Author: Autobiography, 1925.
Membership
Member Georgia House of Representatives, 1882-1886, Senate, 1894-1896.
Phi Kappa Literary Society
Chi Phi Fraternity
Connections
Married Fannie Burke, January 12, 1873 (died 1898).; married second, Hattie G. Jobe, July 6, 1899. Children: Carrie E., Walter A., Nathaniel E. (deceased), Fannie B., John B., David W.