Thomas Wingfield Grimes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Thomas Wingfield Grimes (December 18, 1844 – October 28, 1905) was an American politician and lawyer.
Grimes was born in Columbus, Georgia. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1863, Grimes studied law and became a practicing lawyer.
After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Grimes was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868, 1869, 1875 and ????, the Georgia Senate in 1878 and 1879, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 1886 and 1888.
Grimes died in Columbus in 1905 and was buried in Linwood Cemetery in that same building.
References
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-10-19
- History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.688
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative of Georgia's 4th Congressional District March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Succeeded by Charles L. Moses |
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