CS Con ★★★ Wright, Augustus Romaldus - C.S. Congressman, GA

Augustus Romaldus Wright

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Born: June 16, 1813

Birthplace: Wrightsboro, Georgia

Father: William Ambrose Wright 1783 – 1843

Mother: Mary Williams McCall 1783 – 1877
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​

1st​ Wife: Elizabeth Rebecca Richardson 1819 – 1845
(Buried: Cave Spring Cemetery, Cave Spring, Georgia)​

2nd​ Wife: Adaline Elizabeth Allman 1828 – 1922
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​

Children:
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Mary Ann Wright Shropshire 1836 – 1916​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
William Augustus Wright 1837 – 1903​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
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Alexander Hamilton Wright 1843 – 1919​
(Buried: New Armuchee Cemetery, Armuchee, Georgia)​
Charles Edward Wright 1844 – 1919​
(Buried: Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Allman Romaldus Wright 1848 – 1922​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Thomas S. Wright 1850 – 1866​
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Anna Wright Graham 1851 – 1875​
(Buried: Graham Cemetery, Pinewood, Tennessee)​
Paul David Wright 1853 – 1927​
(Buried: Citizens Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​
Seaborn Wright Sr. 1857 – 1933​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Robert Toombs Wright Sr. 1859 – 1938​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)​
Frances Ava Wright King 1862 – 1927​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Judge Moses Rochester Wright II 1866 – 1925​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Francis Carlton Wright 1868 – 1916​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​
Adaline Allman Wright Jackson 1874 – 1966​
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


Attended Franklin College​
Attended Litchfield Law School​

Occupation before War:

1835 – 1836: Attorney in Crawfordville, Georgia​
1836 – 1842: Attorney in Cassville, Georgia​
1842 – 1849: Judge of Cherokee Circuit Superior Court​
1849 – 1855: Attorney in Cassville, Georgia​
1855 – 1857: Attorney in Rome, Georgia​
1857 – 1859: United States Congressman from Georgia
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1857 – 1859: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Rome, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposition Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention​
1861: Signer of the Georgia State Ordnance of Secession​
1861 – 1862: Georgia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 38th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Resigned as Colonel in the Confederate Army on February 14th​
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia​
At First, he was known as Strong Confederate Nationalist​
Advocate for Bill to let the President bypass state governors and call directly into service for special duty as many as 100,000 volunteers.​
1862 – 1863: Against most of the emergency legislation presented​
Leader and Guardian of Personal and Property rights.​
1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Medical Department Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1862 – 1863: Member of House Pay and Mileage Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member Congress Joint Printing Committee​
1864: Proposed resolution asking to open peace negotiations​
1864: Arrested by Union Army and sent to Washington, D.C.​
Refused appointment from Lincoln as Provisional Governor of Georgia​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1891: Attorney in Rome, Georgia​
1877: Member of Georgia State Constitutional Convention​

Died:
March 31, 1891

Place of Death: Glenwood Plantation, Rome, Georgia

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia
 
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