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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaRobert Pleasant TRIPPE
(1819-1900)
TRIPPE, Robert Pleasant, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Monticello, Jasper County,
Ga., December 21, 1819; moved with his father to Monroe County and
settled near Culloden; attended Randolph-Macon College, Ashland,
Va., and was graduated from Franklin College (later the University
of Georgia) at Athens in 1839; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1840 and commenced practice in Forsyth, Ga.; member of the State
house of representatives 1849-1852; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; elected as a
candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth and
Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1858 having become a candidate for
State senator; served in the State senate in 1859 and 1860; Member
of the First Confederate Congress; served in the Confederate Army
1862-1865; resumed the practice of law in Forsyth, Ga.; associate
judge of the State supreme court from 1873 until 1875, when he
resigned; again resumed the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga., and
died there July 22, 1900; interment in Forsyth Cemetery, Forsyth,
Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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