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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Carlton MOBLEY
(1906-1981)
MOBLEY, William Carlton, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Hillsboro, Jones County,
Ga., December 7, 1906; attended the common schools; was graduated
from the law department of Mercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1928;
was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Forsyth,
Ga.; served as secretary to Congressman Samuel Rutherford
1929-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Rutherford and
served from March 2, 1932, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate
for nomination in 1932; secretary in the executive department of
the State of Georgia 1934-1937; assistant attorney general of
Georgia 1941-1943; served as a lieutenant commander in the United
States Navy 1943-1946; resumed the practice of law in Macon, Ga.;
associate justice, supreme court of Georgia, from June 1, 1954, to
December 1, 1960; reelected in 1960 and again in 1966 for the term
ending December 31, 1972; elected presiding justice in August 1969;
Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Georgia, 1969-1975; resided in
Atlanta, Ga., until his death October 14, 1981; interment in
Forsyth, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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