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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaOliver Hillhouse PRINCE
(1787-1837)
Senate Years of Service:
1828-1829Party: JacksonianPRINCE, Oliver Hillhouse,
a Senator from Georgia; born in Montville, Conn., in 1787;
completed preparatory studies; moved to Georgia in 1796 with his
parents, who settled in Washington, Wilkes County; engaged in
newspaper work; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1806 and
commenced practice in Macon, Ga.; one of the five commissioners who
laid out the town of Macon in 1824; member, State senate 1824;
elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Thomas W. Cobb and served from November 7, 1828,
to March 3, 1829; author and editor; presided over the first
railroad convention in Georgia and was one of the first
stockholders and directors of the Georgia Railroad Co.; abandoned
the practice of law to become editor of the Georgia Journal in
1830; retired to Athens, Ga., in 1835; perished in the wreck of the
packet ship Home near Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., October 9, 1837, and
the remains were never recovered.
Bibliography
Mellichamp, Josephine. “Senator Oliver Prince.” In
Senators From Georgia. pp. 105-6. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode
Publishers, 1976; Nirenstein, Virginia King. With Kindly Voices:
A Nineteenth Century Georgia Family. Macon, Ga.: Tullous Books,
1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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