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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaMiddleton Pope BARROW
(1839-1903)
Senate Years of Service:
1882-1883Party: DemocratBARROW, Middleton Pope,
(grandson of Wilson Lumpkin), a Senator from Georgia; born near
Antioch (now Stephens), Oglethorpe County, Ga., August 1, 1839;
attended a private academy; graduated from the law department of
the University of Georgia at Athens in 1860; admitted to the bar in
1860 and commenced practice in Athens, Clarke County, Ga.; during
the Civil War entered the Confederate service in 1861 and served
throughout the war; resumed the practice of law in Athens; member
of the State constitutional convention in 1877; member, State house
of representatives 1880-1881; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate in 1882 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Benjamin H. Hill and served from November 15, 1882, to March 3,
1883; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of
law in Athens, Ga.; judge of the eastern judicial circuit of
Georgia from January 6, 1902, until his death in Savannah, Ga.,
December 23, 1903; interment in a private cemetery on the family
plantation in Oglethorpe County, Ga.
Bibliography
Mellichamp, Josephine. “Pope Barrow.” In Senators
From Georgia. pp. 178-80. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers,
1976.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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