Alfred H. Colquitt
Confederate Army general
Died when: 69 years 340 days (839 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824 – March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician.Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives took back power in the state at the end of the Reconstruction era.
He was elected by the Georgia state legislature to two terms as U.S.Senator, serving from 1883 to 1894 and dying in office.
He had served as a United States officer in the Mexican-American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general.
Related People
Confederate Army general
Confederate Army general
Confederate Army general
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License