David Jackson Bailey

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David Jackson Bailey (born March 11, 1812 in Lexington , Georgia , †  June 14, 1897 in Griffin , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1855 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Bailey enjoyed a private school education. In 1829 he moved to Jackson . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1831, he began to work in his new profession. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives before his 21st birthday , but was not admitted there because he was below the required age limit. Then he took part in the Second Seminole War.

Between 1835 and 1847 Bailey then sat as a member of the House of Representatives of his state; he was also a member of the Georgia Senate in 1838, 1849, and 1850 . In 1839 and 1850 he took part as a delegate at the district party conventions of the Democrats. From 1839 to 1841 he was Secretary of the State Senate and administrative head of this Chamber of Parliament. In the congressional elections of 1850 Bailey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Allen Ferdinand Owen on March 4, 1851 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1855 . These were shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war .

In the 1854 election, Bailey lost to Robert Pleasant Trippe . He was then again a member and chairman of the State Senate from 1855 to 1856. He then worked as a lawyer. In 1861, Bailey was a delegate at the meeting that voted for the State of Georgia to leave the Union. During the civil war that followed, he served as a colonel in a Georgia infantry regiment . In 1861 he moved to Griffin, where he spent his old age. He died in this city on June 14, 1897.

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SURNAME Bailey, David Jackson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1897
Place of death Griffin , Georgia