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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaCharles Hillyer BRAND
(1861-1933)
BRAND, Charles Hillyer, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Loganville, Walton County,
Ga., April 20, 1861; attended the common schools; graduated from
the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1881; admitted to the bar
in 1882; lawyer, private practice; member of the Georgia state
senate, 1894-1895, and president pro tempore; president and
director of the Brand Banking Co., Lawrenceville, Ga.; director,
Georgia National Bank and of the American State Bank, Athens, Ga.;
solicitor general for the western judicial circuit of Georgia,
1896-1904; judge of the superior court, 1906-1917; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of United States Representative-elect Samuel J. Tribble;
reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses
(January 11, 1917-May 17, 1933); died on May 17, 1933, until his
death in Athens, Ga.; interment in Shadow Lawn Cemetery,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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