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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaBRAND, Charles Hillyer
(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.
United States. 73d Congress, 2d session, 1934. House. Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Charles H. Brand: Late a Representative from Georgia / Seventy-third Congress, second session
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1934.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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