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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLucius Jeremiah GARTRELL
(1821-1891)
GARTRELL, Lucius Jeremiah,
(uncle of Choice Boswell Randell), a Representative from Georgia;
born near Washington, Wilkes County, Ga., January 7, 1821; attended
private schools, Randolph-Macon College, and Franklin College,
Georgia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced
in Washington, Ga.; moved to Atlanta, Ga.; elected solicitor
general of the northern judicial circuit in 1843; resigned in 1847;
member of the State house of representatives 1847-1850; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1857, to January 23, 1861, when he retired,
giving his adherence to the Southern Confederacy; organized the
Seventh Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, of which he was
elected colonel; resigned his commission January 3, 1862, having
been elected to the Confederate Congress and served until 1864;
appointed in 1864 brigadier general in the Confederate service;
resumed the practice of law; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1877; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1882;
died in Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1891; interment in Oakland
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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