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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaGeorge GOLDTHWAITE
(1809-1879)
Senate Years of Service:
1871-1877Party: DemocratGOLDTHWAITE, George, a
Senator from Alabama; born in Boston, Mass., December 10, 1809;
attended the public schools; studied at the United States Military
Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1823-1826; moved to Alabama in 1826;
studied law; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Monticello, Pike County, Ala.; judge of the circuit
court 1843-1852; associate justice of the State supreme court
1852-1856; appointed chief justice in 1856, but resigned, and
resumed the practice of law; served as adjutant general of Alabama
during the Civil War; elected judge of the circuit court in 1868,
but was disqualified from serving; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3,
1877; was not a candidate for reelection; retired from public life;
died in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 1879, interment in Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Watson, Elbert L. “George Thomas
Goldthwaite.” In Alabama United States Senators, pp.
80-81. Huntsville, AL: Strode Publishers, 1982.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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