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George Washington Bonaparte Towns (May 4, 1801-July 15, 1854) was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ...
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July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ...
1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Towns began his 22 year long political career in 1829 as a strong Unionist and opponent of nulification as a representative and senator in the Georgia General Assembly. He subsequently served as a U.S congressmen, and governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851. However, by the end of his time in politics, Towns had become a radical secessionist who believed the federal government was controlled by abolitionists keen on repressing the South. The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
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Early Life and Career
George Washington Bonaparte Towns was born on May 4, 1801 to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns, a a veteren of the American Revolution, in Wilkes County, Georgia. His parents were Virginians who had moved to Georgia and setled in Wilkes county. Shorty after being born, the Towns family moved throughout Georgia, where he recieved a small prepraratory education. He then began to study medicine in Eatonton, but after his studies were interupted by an injury, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, which had recently joined the Union. There, he studied law and, in 1824 was admitted to the Montgomery bar. As time went by, Towns continued to gain prominance in sociey, and in 1826 acquired the newspaper, Alabama Journal. During that same year he married his first wife Margaret Jane Campbell, whose poor health led to her death several days after the marriage ceromony. Following the death of his wife, Towns moved back to Georgia and settled in Talbot County. In 1828 he became one of the original town commissioners of Talbotton, where he also established a law office. During this period Towns served as colonel in the 65th Regiment of the Georgia Militia. The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
The American Revolution was an upheaval that ended British control of middle North America, resulting ultimately in the formation of the United States of America. ...
Wilkes County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...
Eatontons most famous resident Eatonton is a city located in Putnam County, Georgia. ...
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Talbotton is a city located in Talbot County, Georgia. ...
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The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all members of both houses of the United States Congress, past and present. ...
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