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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Jefferson SPEER
(1837-1872)
SPEER, Thomas Jefferson, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Monroe County, Ga., August 31,
1837; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits
and as a planter; elected justice of the peace in 1861 and
reelected in 1865; appointed collector of Confederate taxes for
Pike County in June 1863, serving until the cessation of
hostilities; elected justice of the inferior court for Pike County
in 1865, serving until July 1868; delegate to the State
constitutional convention 1867-1868; member of the State senate
1868-1870; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress and
served from March 4, 1871, until his death in Barnesville, Lamar
County, Ga., August 18, 1872; interment in Zebulon Street
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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