Joseph M. Terrell
| Joseph M. Terrell | |
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| File:JosephMTerrell.jpg | |
| United States Senator from Georgia |
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| In office November 17, 1910 – July 14, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander S. Clay |
| Succeeded by | M. Hoke Smith |
| 57th Governor of Georgia | |
| In office October 25, 1902 – June 29, 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Allen D. Candler |
| Succeeded by | Hoke Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1861 Greenville, Georgia, CSA |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
Joseph Meriwether Terrell (June 6, 1861 – November 17, 1912) was a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia.
Background
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Born in Greenville, he was the son of Dr. Joel Edgar Green and Sarah Rebecca (Anthony) Terrell.[1] He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, commencing practice in Greenville.
On October 19, 1886, he married Jessie Lee Spivey. They had no children.[1]
Terrell was a self-declared "uncompromising friend of common school education."[2]
Terrell was of entirely English ancestry and is of partial Norman descent.[3] He was a fourth generation great-grandson of William and Susannah (Waters) Terrell.[1] As a result, he was distantly related to presidents Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter.[4]
Career
Terrell was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1884 to 1887, and a member of the Georgia Senate in 1890. He served as state attorney general from 1892 to 1902, and Governor of Georgia from 1902 to 1907, marred by the Atlanta race riot of 1906. He resumed the practice of law in Atlanta, and was appointed to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander S. Clay, serving from November 17, 1910 to July 14, 1911, when he resigned. Terrell suffered a stroke in February of 1911. He again resumed the practice of law in Atlanta although in poor health and died there from Bright's Disease on November 17, 1912. He was survived by his wife.[5]
Interment was in the City Cemetery, Greenville.
External links
- Joseph M. Terrell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Find-A-Grave biography
References
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- ↑ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2139
- ↑ Further Genealogical Notes on the Tyrrell-Terrell Family of Virginia and Its English and Norman-French Progenitors page 40
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- ↑ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2139
Notes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Governor of Georgia 1902–1907 |
Succeeded by Hoke Smith |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Georgia 1910–1911 |
Succeeded by Hoke Smith |
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| Class 3 | ||
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- 1861 births
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- Governors of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia (U.S. state) State Senators
- United States Senators from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
- Georgia (U.S. state) Attorneys General
- Democratic Party United States Senators
- Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats
- Democratic Party state governors of the United States
- People from Meriwether County, Georgia
- People of Norman descent
