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CHRONOLOGY
Born in Wilkes County, Georgia, February II, l8l2.
Franklin College, Athens, Georgia, 1828.
Country school teacher, 1833.
Admitted to the bar, 1834.
Member of State Legislature, 1836.
Member of Congress, 1843.
Retired, 1859.
Vice-President of Confederacy, February 9, 1861.
Took part in Hampton Roads Conference, February 3, 1865.
Arrested, May 11, 1865.
Imprisoned in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, till October 12, 1865.
Member of Congress, 1873.
Governor of Georgia, 1882.
Died March 4, 1883.
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