Julius Caesar Alford

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Julius Caesar Alford (born May 10, 1799 in Greensboro , Greene County , Georgia , †  January 1, 1863 in Montgomery , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Julius Alford attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in LaGrange in this profession. He also worked as a planter . At the same time he embarked on a political career. He became a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and joined the movement against President Andrew Jackson . In the 1830s he became a member of the Whig Party . In 1836 he took part in a campaign against the Creek Indians.

After the resignation of Congressman George W. Towns , Alford was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on January 2, 1837 when the by-election was due for the seventh seat of Georgia . Until March 3 of the same year he could only end the current legislative period in Congress because he was not confirmed in the regular elections in 1836. In the congressional election of 1838 Alford was then re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the third constituency of Georgia, where he succeeded Jesse Franklin Cleveland on March 4, 1839 . After re-election in 1841, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on October 1, 1841 .

After leaving the House of Representatives, Alford first moved to Tuskegee and later to Montgomery, Alabama, where he ran a plantation. In 1852 he was a delegate to the Union Convention in Montgomery. In 1855 he tried unsuccessfully to return to Congress. In the meantime, Alford practiced as a lawyer again. In 1861 he took part as a delegate to the meeting that decided the withdrawal of the state of Alabama from the Union. Julius Alford died on January 1, 1863 on his plantation near Montgomery; he was buried there.

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SURNAME Alford, Julius Caesar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Greensboro , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1863
Place of death near Montgomery , Alabama