Alfred B. Greenwood

Alfred Burton Greenwood (born July 11, 1811 in Franklin County , Georgia , † October 4, 1889 in Bentonville , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1859 he represented the first constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Greenwood had a good education in Lawrenceville . He then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1832, Greenwood began working in Bentonville in the Arkansas Territory in his new profession.

Greenwood was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1842 and 1845 he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives . From 1845 to 1851 he worked as a public prosecutor, after which he was a judge until 1853. In 1852 Greenwood was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert Ward Johnson on March 4, 1853 . After two re-elections, Greenwood was able to complete three terms in Congress by March 3, 1859 . Between 1857 and 1859 he was chairman of the Indian Committee.

After the end of his time in Congress, Alfred Greenwood was Federal Commissioner for Indian Affairs between 1859 and 1861. With his state of Arkansas joining the Confederate States , he could no longer work for the federal government. Alfred Greenwood died on October 4, 1889 in Bentonville and was buried there.

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SURNAME	Greenwood, Alfred B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Greenwood, Alfred Burton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Franklin County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH	October 4, 1889
Place of death	Bentonville , Arkansas