John C. Nicholls

John Calhoun Nicholls (born April 25, 1834 in Clinton , Jones County , Georgia , †  December 25, 1893 in Blackshear , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1885 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

John Nicholls first attended private schools and then studied until 1855 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg ( Virginia ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in Georgia in his new profession. He also became a planter . During the Civil War served Nicholls as a captain in the army of the Confederacy . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1865 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Georgia state constitution. Between 1870 and 1875 he was a member of the Georgia Senate ; In 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis .

In the congressional election of 1878 Nicholls was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded William Bennett Fleming on March 4, 1879 . Since he lost in the nomination of his party to George Robinson Black in 1880 , he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1881 . Two years later he was nominated by his party for his old mandate and then re-elected to Congress. There he replaced Black on March 4, 1883. Until March 3, 1885 he was able to spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives. In 1884 he was no longer nominated for re-election.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Nicholls worked as a lawyer in Blackshear. He died there in December 1893.

Web links

• John C. Nicholls in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John C. Nicholls in the database of Find a Grave (English)