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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Calhoun NICHOLLS
(1834-1893)
NICHOLLS, John Calhoun, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Clinton, Jones County, Ga.,
April 25, 1834; attended private schools and was graduated from the
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1855; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Clinch and
Ware Counties, Ga.; also engaged as a planter; during the Civil War
served in the Confederate Army as captain, Company I, Fourth
Regiment, Georgia Cavalry; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1865; delegate to the Democratic National Convention
in 1876; served in the State senate 1870-1875; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880; elected to the
Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1884; resumed the practice of law in
Blackshear, Pierce County, Ga., where he died December 25, 1893;
interment in Blackshear Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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