John W. H. Underwood

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John W. H. Underwood

Quill platform ID: p16103.

(20 November, 1816 -- 18 July, 1888) Underwood was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Ellenton, Ga., Underwood studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835. Underwood served as Solicitor General of the Western Judicial Circuit of Georgia from 1843 to 1847, a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850, and a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1857. Underwood also was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859, serving as speaker. Underwood was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4th, 1859 to January 23rd, 1861. After he withdrew, Underwood joined the Confederacy and served as brigade inspector during the Civil War. Underwood subsequently resumed practice of law in Rome, Ga, served as judge of the Superior Court of Georgia from 1867 to 1869 and 1873 to 1882. Underwood was afterwards a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868 and ws appointed in 1884 as a member of the first United States Tariff Commission. Underwood died in 1888. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

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