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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJulian HARTRIDGE
(1829-1879)
HARTRIDGE, Julian, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., September 9,
1829; attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute; was
graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1848, and
from Harvard Law School in 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1851
and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; solicitor general of the
eastern judicial circuit of Georgia 1854-1858; member of the State
house of representatives in 1858 and 1859; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860; during the
Civil War served one year in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant
in the Chatham Artillery; member of the First and Second
Confederate Congresses 1862-1865; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1872 and 1876; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4,
1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 8, 1879;
interment in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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