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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHugh BUCHANAN
(1823-1890)
BUCHANAN, Hugh, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Argyleshire, Scotland,
September 15, 1823; immigrated to the United States and settled in
Vermont; attended the public schools of that State; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Newnan,
Coweta County, Ga., in 1846; member of the State senate in 1855 and
1857; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1856 and
1868; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Breckinridge
and Lane in 1860; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate
Army in June 1861 and served until 1865; elected to the
Thirty-ninth Congress, but his credentials were not presented to
the House as the State had not been readmitted to representation;
appointed judge of the superior court of the Coweta circuit in
August 1872 and served until September 1880; delegate to the State
constitutional convention of 1877; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1885); was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; died in
Newnan, Ga., June 11, 1890; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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