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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJunius HILLYER
(1807-1886)
HILLYER, Junius, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Wilkes County, Ga., April 23,
1807; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in
1828; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in Athens; elected solicitor general for the western district of
Georgia in 1834; circuit judge 1841-1845; elected as a Unionist to
the Thirty-second Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); chairman,
Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-third Congress); Solicitor
of the United States Treasury from December 1, 1857, to February
13, 1861, when he resigned; died in Decatur, Ga., June 21, 1886;
interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
Bibliography
Vinson, Frank B. “Junius Hillyer’s 1838 Union Party
Letter.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 64 (Summer
1980): 204-15.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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