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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaSamuel Francis GOVE
(1822-1900)
GOVE, Samuel Francis, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Weymouth, Norfolk County,
Mass., March 9, 1822; attended the common schools; moved to Georgia
in 1835 with his parents, who settled in Twiggs County; engaged in
mercantile and agricultural pursuits; was also a missionary; upon
the readmission of the State of Georgia to representation was
elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from
June 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869; presented credentials as a
Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to
qualify; ordained as a Baptist minister in 1877 and was a traveling
missionary from 1879 until his death in St. Augustine, Fla.,
December 3, 1900; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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