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George Goldthwaite
United States Senator
from Alabama
In office
March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877
Preceded byWillard Warner
Succeeded byJohn T. Morgan
Personal details
Born(1809-12-10)December 10, 1809
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 16, 1879(1879-03-16) (aged 69)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Political partyDemocratic
RelationsGeorge G. Siebels, Jr. (great-grandson)

Alfred Goldthwaite
Anne Goldthwaite (granddaughter)

Lucy Goldthwaite (granddaughter)

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.

  • United States Congress. "George Goldthwaite (id: G000266)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 2) from Alabama
1871–1877
Served alongside: George E. Spencer
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
1856
Succeeded by