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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Manson NORWOOD
(1830-1913)
Senate Years of Service:
1871-1877Party: DemocratNORWOOD, Thomas Manson, a
Senator and a Representative from Georgia; born in Talbot County,
Ga., April 26, 1830; pursued an academic course; graduated from
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in 1850; studied law; admitted to the
bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; member, State
house of representatives 1861-1862; presidential elector on the
Democratic ticket in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate and served from November 14, 1871, to March 3, 1877;
resumed the practice of law in Savannah, Ga.; elected as a
Representative to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4,
1885-March 3, 1889); again resumed the practice of law; appointed
judge of the city court of Savannah in 1896 and served twelve
years; retired to his country home, ”Hancock Hall,”
near Savannah, Ga., and died there June 19, 1913, interment in
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
Bibliography
Bragg, William Harris. “The Junius of Georgia Redemption:
Thomas M. Norwood and the ‘Nemesis’ Letters.”
Georgia Historical Quarterly 77 (Spring 1993): 86-122;
Norwood, Thomas M. A True Vindication of the South, in a Review
of American History. Savannah: Braid & Hutton, 1917.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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