George Goldthwaite
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George Goldthwaite | |
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| United States Senator from Alabama | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Willard Warner |
| Succeeded by | John T. Morgan |
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| Born | December 10, 1810 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 18, 1879 (aged 68) Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relations | George G. Siebels, Jr. (great-grandson) Alfred Goldthwaite |
George Goldthwaite (December 10, 1809 – March 16, 1879) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1871 to March 4, 1877, and did not run for reelection.
He was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He succeeded William P. Chilton as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in 1856. A great-grandson, George G. Siebels, Jr., was a 20th-century mayor of Birmingham and a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. Another descendant, Alfred Goldthwaite, was a state representative from Montgomery and a state chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
External links
- United States Congress. "George Goldthwaite (id: G000266)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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