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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames Mathews GRIGGS
(1861-1910)
GRIGGS, James Mathews, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Lagrange, Troup County, Ga.,
March 29, 1861; attended the common schools and was graduated from
the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tenn., in 1881; taught
school and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and
commenced the practice of law in Alapaha, Berrien County, Ga.;
engaged in the newspaper business; moved to Dawson, Ga., in 1885;
elected by the legislature solicitor general of the Pataula
judicial circuit in 1888; reelected in 1892 and served until his
resignation in 1893 to accept appointment by the Governor as judge
of the Pataula judicial circuit; elected to the same office by the
legislature; reelected and served until his resignation in 1896 to
accept the Democratic nomination for Congress; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1892; chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee 1904-1908; elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served
from March 4, 1897, until his death in Dawson, Ga., January 5,
1910; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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