Education
Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah.
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Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah.
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States. Senate and served from November 14, 1871, to March 3, 1877. He resumed the practice of law in Savannah, and was elected as a Representative to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth United States. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889. He again resumed the practice of law, and was appointed judge of the city court of Savannah in 1896, serving twelve years.
He returned to his country home, Harroch Hall, near Savannah, and died there in June 1913.
Interment was in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah.
He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1851 to 1862 and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1868.