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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Banks CABANISS
(1835-1915)
CABANISS, Thomas Banks,
(cousin of Thomas Chipman McRae), a Representative from Georgia;
born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 31, 1835; attended
private schools and Penfield College; was graduated from the
University of Georgia at Athens in 1853; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1861; entered the Confederate Army April 1, 1861, and
served throughout the Civil War; returned to Forsyth, Ga., and
commenced the practice of law; member of the State house of
representatives 1865-1867; appointed assistant secretary of the
State senate in 1870 and secretary in 1873; resigned to become
solicitor general of the Flint circuit, which office he held until
1877; served in the State senate 1878-1880 and 1884-1886; elected
as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3,
1895); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894; appointed a
member of the Dawes Commission to adjust affairs in the Indian
Territory; mayor of Forsyth, Ga., in 1910; judge of the city court
in 1913 and 1914; died in Forsyth, Ga., August 14, 1915; interment
in Oakland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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