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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Graves LAWSON
(1835-1912)
LAWSON, Thomas Graves, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Eatonton, Putnam County,
Ga., on May 2, 1835; attended private schools and was graduated
from Mercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1855; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Eatonton,
Ga.; during the Civil War served two years in the Confederate Army;
member of the State house of representatives 1861-1866, 1889, and
1890; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1877;
member of the board of trustees of Mercer University and the
Eatonton Male and Female Academy; judge of the superior courts of
Ocmulgee circuit 1879-1887; engaged in agricultural pursuits near
Eatonton, Ga., 1888-1891; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1896; resumed agricultural pursuits in Putnam County, Ga.; died in
Eatonton, Ga., April 16, 1912; interment in Pine Grove
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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