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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaRichard Henry WHITELEY
(1830-1890)
WHITELEY, Richard Henry, a
Representative and Senator-elect from Georgia; born in County
Kildare, Ireland, December 22, 1830; immigrated to the United
States in 1836 with his parents, who settled in Georgia; received
private instruction in elementary education; engaged in
manufacturing; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and
commenced practice in Bainbridge, Ga.; opposed secession, but after
the adoption of the ordinance entered the Confederate Army and
served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of major;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1867; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress; presented
credentials as a Senator-elect to the United States Senate on July
15, 1870, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1865,
but as the election took place prior to the readmission of Georgia
into the Union was not admitted to a seat; elected as a Republican
to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House
declaring Nelson Tift not entitled to the seat; reelected to the
Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses and served from December
22, 1870, to March 3, 1875; unsuccessful candidate for reelection
to the Forty-fourth Congress and for election to the Forty-fifth
Congress; moved to Boulder, Colo., in 1877 and resumed the practice
of his profession; died in Boulder, Colo., September 26, 1890;
interment in the Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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