Thomas M. Norwood
Thomas Manson Norwood | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | |
Preceded by | John C. Nicholls |
Succeeded by | James W. Overstreet |
United States Senator from Georgia | |
In office November 14, 1871 – March 3, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Homer V. M. Miller |
Succeeded by | Benjamin H. Hill |
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
In office 1851–1862 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Talbot County, Georgia | April 26, 1830
Died | June 19, 1913 Savannah, Georgia | (aged 83)
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Manson Norwood (April 26, 1830 – June 19, 1913) was a United States Senator and Representative from Georgia.
Early years and education[]
Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850. He studied law under Georgia governor James Milton Smith,[1] and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah.
Political service[]
He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1861 to 1862 and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1868. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from November 14, 1871, to March 3, 1877.[2] Norwood was the first Democrat from the South seated in the Senate after the Civil War.[3] He was a staunch critic of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.[4] He resumed the practice of law in Savannah, and was elected as a Representative to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.
Legal career[]
In 1889 he again resumed the practice of law, and was appointed judge of the city court of Savannah in 1896, serving twelve years.
Death and legacy[]
He returned to his country home, Harrock Hall, near Savannah, and died there in June 1913. Interment was in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah. His posthumously published book A True Vindication of the South argued that the South had been justified in its fight against the North.
References[]
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume XIII. New York: James T. White & Company. 1906. p. 474. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1903. pp. 392–395.
- ^ "Norwood, Thomas M. (Thomas Manson), 1830-1913". SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context). Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ Bank, Steven A. (January 1, 1995). "Anti-Miscegenation Laws and the Dilemma of Symmetry: The Understanding of Equality in the Civil Rights Act of 1875". 2 (1). Retrieved 23 July 2016. Cite journal requires
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- United States Congress. "Thomas M. Norwood (id: N000160)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Works[]
- A true vindication of the South, in a review of American political history Savannah, Ga., Braid and Hutton 1917.
- Norwood, Thomas M. Mother Goose carved by a commentator. Savannah: Morning News, 1900.
External links[]
- Works by or about Thomas M. Norwood at Internet Archive
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Thomas M. Norwood papers, 1859-1874
- Centennial Exposition: Speech of Hon. Thomas M. Norwood of Georgia, in the Senate of the United States, February 10, 1876
- Thomas M. Norwood at Find a Grave
- 1830 births
- 1913 deaths
- United States senators from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
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- People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
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- American slave owners
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- Politicians from Savannah, Georgia
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