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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaElijah Lewis FORRESTER
(1896-1970)
FORRESTER, Elijah Lewis, a
Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Leesburg, Lee
County, Ga., August 16, 1896; attended the Leesburg public schools;
studied law and passed the State bar examination in 1917; during
the First World War served as a private in the United States Army;
commenced the practice of law in 1919 in Leesburg, Ga.; solicitor,
City Court, Leesburg, Ga., 1920-1933; mayor of Leesburg 1922-1931;
county attorney of Lee County 1928-1937; solicitor general,
southwestern judicial circuit, 1937-1950; delegate to Democratic
National Conventions in 1948 and 1952; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1951-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination in 1964
to the Eighty-ninth Congress; returned to Leesburg and resumed the
practice of law; died in Albany, Ga., March 19, 1970; interment in
Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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