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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaMorgan RAWLS
(1829-1906)
RAWLS, Morgan, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Statesboro, Bulloch County,
Ga., June 29, 1829; attended the common schools and pursued an
academic course; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Guyton,
Ga., in 1856; unsuccessful Union candidate for delegate to the
convention of 1860, which passed the ordinance of secession;
enlisted in the Confederate Army as a captain of Infantry; elected
colonel of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, Georgia Infantry, in 1863;
member of the State house of representatives 1863-1865, 1868-1872,
1886-1889, and 1896-1904; member of the State reconstruction
convention in 1865; presented credentials as a Democratic
Member-elect to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 4,
1873, to March 24, 1874, when he was succeeded by Andrew Sloan, who
contested his election; served in the office of the Clerk of the
House of Representatives 1874-1882 and 1891-1895; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; died in Guyton, Effingham County, Ga.,
October 18, 1906; interment in Guyton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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