Julian Hartridge
Born: September 9, 1829
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia
Father: Charles Hartridge 1799 – 1853
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Mother: Mary Hubbard Green 1804 – 1886
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Wife: Mary Marshall Charlton 1835 – 1904
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Children:
Adelaide Hartridge Wayne 1825 – 1913
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Roberta Margaret Hartridge 1855 – 1858
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Mary Adelaide Hartridge Green 1857 – 1914
(Buried: Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Paris, France)
Margaret Charlton Hartridge 1859 – 1860
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Retta Hartridge Elliott 1861 – 1896
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Robert Charlton Hartridge 1863 – 1865
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Alfred L. Hartridge 1865 – 1893
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
William Battersby Hartridge 1868 – 1897
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Captain Walter Charlton Hartridge Sr. 1870 – 1932
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Algernon Sydney Hartridge 1876 – 1883
(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1848: Graduated from Brown University
1850: Graduated from Harvard Law School
Occupation before War:
1851 – 1854: Attorney in Savannah, Georgia
1854 – 1858: Solicitor General of eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia
1858 – 1859: Georgia State Representative
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Savannah, Georgia
1860: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Worked for the Secession of the State of Georgia
1861: Lt. in Chatham Artillery from Savannah, Georgia
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia
1862 – 1864: Member of House Ordnance & Ordnance Stores Committee
1862: Member of House Commerce Committee
1864 – 1865: Chairman of House Commerce Committee
1864: Member of Congressional Joint Impressments Committee
Known as the one of the best speakers in the C.S. Congress.
Worked for the dismissal of Mallory, and Memminger from the cabinet.
Worked for the dismissal of General Braxton Bragg.
Stood against the suspension of habeas Corpus and arming slaves.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1875: Attorney in Savannah, Georgia
1870: Named Chairman of Georgia State Democratic Party Committee
1872: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1872: Georgia State Democratic Party Presidential Elector
1875 – 1879: United States Congressman from Georgia
1875 – 1877: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1876: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1877 – 1879: Member of House Justice Department Expenditures Committee
1877 – 1879: Member of House Judiciary Committee
Died: January 8, 1879
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 49 years old
Burial Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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