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Goldthwaite, George, 1809-1879

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Personal name headingGoldthwaite, George, 1809-1879
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Birth date1809-12-10
Death date1879-03-16
Place of birthBoston (Mass.)
Place of deathTuscaloosa (Ala.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationJudges Legislators
Found inCode of Alabama, 1852: t.p. (George Goldthwaite)
OCLC, May 13, 1998 (hdg.: Goldthwaite, George, 1809-1879; usage: George Goldthwaite)
Biographical dictionary of the United States Congress, viewed August 28, 2020 (Goldthwaite, George, a Senator from Alabama; born in Boston, Mass., December 10, 1809; attended the public schools; studied at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1823-1826; moved to Alabama in 1826; studied law; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Monticello, Pike County, Ala.; judge of the circuit court 1843-1852; associate justice of the State supreme court 1852-1856; appointed chief justice in 1856, but resigned, and resumed the practice of law; served as adjutant general of Alabama during the Civil War; elected judge of the circuit court in 1868, but was disqualified from serving; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for reelection; retired from public life; died in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 1879, interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.)
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