Peter Early Love

Peter Early Love, 1862

Peter Early Love (born July 7, 1818 in Dublin , Laurens County , Georgia , †  November 8, 1866 in Thomasville , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Peter Love attended Franklin College , now part of the University of Georgia , until 1829 . He then studied medicine at Philadelphia College until 1838 . He then worked as a doctor for a short time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1839, he began to work in his new profession in Thomasville. In 1843 he became a prosecutor for the southern part of the state of Georgia. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1849 he was elected to the Georgia Senate. In 1853, Love was appointed Justice of the Southern District Court of Georgia.

In the congressional elections of 1858 , Peter Love was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded James Lindsay Seward on March 4, 1859 . The next legislative term in Congress was overshadowed by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war. In view of Georgia's exit from the Union, Love resigned on January 23, 1861. After his time in the House of Representatives, he returned to working as a lawyer in Thomasville. In 1861, Love was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. He died in Thomasville on November 8, 1866.

Web links

• Peter Early Love in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Peter Love Early in the database of Find a Grave (English)