William Barton Wade Dent

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William Barton Wade Dent (born September 8, 1806 in Bryantown , Charles County , Maryland , †  September 7, 1855 in Newnan , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Dent was initially taught at a private school. He then attended the Charlotte Hall Military Academy until 1823 . In 1824 he moved to Mallorysville , Georgia, where he worked as a teacher. He started trading in Bullsboro in 1827 . In 1828 he was involved in founding the city of Newnan. In the following years Dent worked very successfully in agriculture. In this area he was active in several counties in Georgia as well as in the states of Alabama , Arkansas , Tennessee and Texas . In these states he owned large estates. He was also a colonel in the Georgia State Militia during a war on the Creek .

Politically, Dent was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1843 he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. In 1849 he became a judge in Coweta County , which suggests a previous law degree. In the congressional election of 1852 Dent was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Charles Murphey on March 4, 1853 . Since he refused to run again in 1854, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . These were determined by the discussions leading up to the civil war . At that time it was mainly about the question of slavery .

William Dent died just six months after leaving the US House of Representatives on September 7, 1855 in Newnan.

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