Julian Hartridge
Julian Hartridge (September 29, 1829 – January 8, 1879) was an American politician. He was born in Beaufort County, South Carolina and graduated from Brown University in 1848 and Harvard Law School in 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and practiced law in Savannah, Georgia. He served as the Solicitor of the Eastern District of Georgia from 1854 to 1858.
Hartridge was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1858 to 1859. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress. After the war he returned to politics, and was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress and the Forty-fifth Congress, serving from 1875 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1879. Hartridge was buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah. The French-speaking American author Julien Green was his grandson.[1]
References
- United States Congress. "Julian Hartridge (id: H000303)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Political Graveyard bio for Julian Hartridge
External links
- Speeches of Hon. Lucius Q. C. Lamar of Mississippi and Hon. Julian Hartridge, of Georgia
- A Congressman's Funeral.; IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES IN THE HALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OVER THE REMAINS OF THE LATE JULIAN HARTRIDGE.
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| Preceded by Andrew Sloan |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st congressional district March 4, 1875 – January 8, 1879 |
Succeeded by William Bennett Fleming |