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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaPeter Early LOVE
(1818-1866)
LOVE, Peter Early, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Dublin, Laurens County, Ga.,
July 7, 1818; was graduated from Franklin College (now a part of
the University of Georgia), Athens, Ga., in 1829 and from the
Philadelphia College of Medicine in 1838; practiced medicine while
studying law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced
practice in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga.; solicitor general of
the southern district of Georgia in 1843; member of the State
senate in 1849; elected judge of the State superior court for the
southern circuit in 1853; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth
Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his retirement on
January 23, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Thomasville, Ga.;
member of the State house of representatives in 1861; died in
Thomasville, Ga., November 8, 1866; interment in the Old
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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