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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Bennett FLEMING
(1803-1886)
FLEMING, William Bennett,
a Representative from Georgia; born on a plantation near
Flemington, Liberty County, Ga., October 29, 1803; attended the
common schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1825; studied
law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Savannah, Ga.; judge
of the superior court of Chatham County, Ga., 1847-1849 and
1853-1868; resumed the practice of law in Savannah; recorder of the
city of Savannah from 1868 until the office was abolished; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Julian Hartridge and served from February
10, 1879, to March 3, 1879; was not a candidate for renomination;
again judge of the superior court from 1879 until 1881, when he
resigned on account of ill health; retired to Walthourville,
Liberty County, Ga., and died there August 19, 1886; interment in
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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