 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaElijah Webb CHASTAIN
(1813-1874)
CHASTAIN, Elijah Webb, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Pickens, Pickens County,
S.C., September 25, 1813; moved with his parents to Habersham, Ga.,
in 1821; attended the common schools; served as captain and colonel
in the Seminole Indian War; located on a farm in Union County, Ga.;
served in the State senate 1840-1850; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1849 and practiced in Blairsville, Union County, Ga.;
elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress and as a
Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3,
1855); chairman, Committee on Militia (Thirty-third Congress);
delegate to the secession convention at Milledgeville, Ga., in
1860; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as
lieutenant colonel of the First Georgia Regiment; State’s
attorney for the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1860 and 1861;
died near Dalton, Murray County, Ga., April 9, 1874; interment in
the family cemetery near Morganton, Fannin County, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
