Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah

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    Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
    Place of Birth
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    Education
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    Other Education
    Randolph-Macon College and Franklin College (GA)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Military
    Confederate Army

    Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    GARTRELL, Lucius Jeremiah, (uncle of Choice Boswell Randell), a Representative from Georgia; born near Washington, Wilkes County, Ga., January 7, 1821; attended private schools, Randolph-Macon College, and Franklin College, Georgia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Washington, Ga.; moved to Atlanta, Ga.; elected solicitor general of the northern judicial circuit in 1843; resigned in 1847; member of the State house of representatives 1847-1850; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 23, 1861, when he retired, giving his adherence to the Southern Confederacy; organized the Seventh Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, of which he was elected colonel; resigned his commission January 3, 1862, having been elected to the Confederate Congress and served until 1864; appointed in 1864 brigadier general in the Confederate service; resumed the practice of law; member of the State constitutional convention in 1877; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1882; died in Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1891; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
    “Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000088.
    How to Cite This Page: "Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5715.