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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaNelson TIFT
(1810-1891)
TIFT, Nelson, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810;
attended the village school; moved to Key West, Fla., with his
father in 1826, to Charleston, S.C., in 1830, and engaged in the
mercantile business; moved to Georgia and engaged in mercantile
pursuits at Augusta, Richmond County, in 1835, at Hawkinsville,
Pulaski County, in March 1836, and at Albany, Baker (now Dougherty)
County, in October 1836; founder of the Augusta (Ga.) Guards in
1835; founder of the city of Albany, Ga., in 1836; served as
justice of the peace; delegate from Baker County to the State
convention held in Milledgeville, Ga., in 1839, to reduce the
membership of the State legislature; elected to the Baker County
Inferior Court on July 5, 1840; reelected in January 1841 and again
in 1849; elected colonel of Baker County (Ga.) Militia in 1840;
member of the State house of representatives in 1841, 1847, and
1851-1852; founder in 1845 of the Albany Patriot and served as
editor and publisher until 1858; during the Civil War was connected
with the Confederate States Navy Supply Department with the rank of
captain; upon the readmission of Georgia to representation was
elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress and served from July
25, 1868, to March 3, 1869; presented credentials as a Member-elect
to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify;
contested the subsequent election of Richard H. Whiteley to the
Forty-first Congress, but no action was taken thereon; conducted an
extensive plantation and operated lumber, flour, and corn-meal
mills; also instrumental in promoting the building of several
railroads, serving as president; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1877; died in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., on November 21, 1891; interment in Oakview
Cemetery.
Bibliography
O’Donovan, Susan E., ed. ‘’The Journal of Nelson
Tift, Part IV: The 1841 Legislature.” Journal of Southwest
Georgia History 6 (Fall 1988): 21-40.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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