George Robison Black
George Robison Black | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | John C. Nicholls |
| Succeeded by | John C. Nicholls |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
| In office 1874–1877 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 24, 1835 Near Jacksonboro, Georgia |
| Died | November 3, 1886 (aged 51) Sylvania, Georgia |
| Resting place | Sylvania Cemetery[1] Sylvania, Georgia |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service |  Confederate States Army |
| Rank |  Lieutenant colonel |
| Commands |  63rd Georgia Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
George Robison Black (March 24, 1835 – November 3, 1886) was an American politician and lawyer. His wife, Nellie Peters Black, became a prominent social activist.[2]
Biography
Black was born at his family's plantation near Jacksonboro, Georgia to Son of Edward Junius and Augusta George Anna Kirkland Black.[3] He attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1857 and began practice in Savannah, Georgia.[4]
During the American Civil War, Black served in the Confederate States Army as a first lieutenant in the Phoenix Riflemen and later as a lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-third Georgia Regiment.[4]
After the war, Black participated in the Georgia constitutional convention in 1865 and was a delegate to the 1872 Democratic National Convention. He later served as state Senator from 1874 to 1877 and was the vice president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society. Black was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 as a Democrat in the 47th Congress; however, he lost his reelection campaign in 1882. He died in Sylvania, Georgia, in 1886 and was buried in Sylvania Cemetery.[4]
References
- ^ "George Robison Black". Find A Grave. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Chirhart, Ann Short (2009). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0820333360.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume 16. New York: James T White & Company. 1918. p. 229.
- ^ a b c "Black, George Robison". United States Congress. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
Sources
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "George Robison Black (id: B000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-04-14
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- 1835 births
- 1886 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Confederate States Army officers
- People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
- Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
- Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
- University of Georgia people
- Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians