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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Washington LARSEN
(1871-1938)
LARSEN, William
Washington, a Representative from Georgia; born in Hagan,
Tattnall (now Evans) County, Ga., August 12, 1871; attended the
common schools, Bryan Institute, Lanier, Ga., South Georgia
Military Academy, Thomasville, Ga., and the literary department of
the University of Georgia at Athens; left college and engaged in
teaching in 1895; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and
commenced practice in Swainsboro, Ga., the same year; served as a
second lieutenant in the Swainsboro Guards, Company C, National
Guard of Georgia, 1900-1904; prosecuting attorney for the city
court of Swainsboro, with jurisdiction over Emanuel County and
parts of what are now Jenkins, Toombs, Candler, and Treutlen
Counties, 1899-1905; member of the council and mayor pro tempore of
the city of Swainsboro 1905-1909; member of the board of trustees
of the State normal school at Athens, Ga., 1912-1927; delegate to
the Democratic State conventions in 1902, 1906, and 1912; secretary
of the executive department of the state of Georgia 1910-1912;
moved to Dublin, Ga., in January 1912; resumed the practice of law
and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; judge of the superior
courts of Dublin circuit in 1914 and 1915; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1917-March 3, 1933); was not a candidate for renomination in 1932;
member of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia
1927-1938; appointed regional manager for the Farm Credit
Administration with headquarters in Columbia, S.C., in 1933 and
served until his resignation in 1936; appointed a member of the
Georgia Unemployment Insurance Commission in 1937 and served until
his death in Dublin, Ga., January 5, 1938; interment in Northview
Cemetery, Dublin, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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