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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn W. MADDOX
(1848-1922)
MADDOX, John W., a
Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Gore, Chattooga
County, Ga., June 3, 1848; attended the common schools; during the
Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company E, Sixth
Georgia Cavalry, in 1863 and served until the end of the war;
attended school in Summerville and Bethel Church; engaged in
agricultural pursuits and in railroad construction work in 1871;
deputy sheriff of Chattooga County; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Summerville, Ga.; mayor
of Summerville in 1877; county commissioner 1878-1880; member of
the State house of representatives 1880-1884; served in the State
senate 1884-1886; elected judge of the superior court, Rome
circuit, in 1886, and was reelected in 1890, resigning the office
September 1, 1892; moved to Rome, Ga., in 1890; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1904; resumed the practice of law; mayor of Rome in 1906 and
1907; appointed judge of the Superior Court of Georgia in 1908;
elected in 1910 and served until his resignation on February 1,
1912, having become president of the State Mutual Life Insurance
Co.; also engaged in the practice of law; died in Rome, Ga.,
September 27, 1922; interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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