History of Talbot County Georgia United States of America

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Thomas Manson Norwood, senator, was born in Talbot county, Ga., April 26, 1830; son of Caleb Merriman and Jeannette (Manson) Norwood; grandson of John Norwood, of Maryland, and a descendant of John Norwood, of Norwood near London, who came to Baltimore, Md., before the Revolution. He was graduated at Emory college, Oxford, Ga., 1850; taught school in Monroe county, Ga., 1850-51, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1852, and established a law office in Savannah, Ga. He was married, June 2, 1853, to Anna M., daughter of George Hendree, of Richmond, Va. He represented his county in the state legislature, 1861-62; served as a private in the Confederate army, 1861-65; was alternate elector on the Seymour and Blair ticket in 1868. He was elected to the Senate as a Democrat in 1871, his seat being unsuccessfully contested by Foster Blodgett, Republican, and he served, 1871-77. He was the candidate of one of the two factions of the Democratic party for governor of Georgia in 1880, but was defeated in the election by Governor Colquitt, re-elected. He was representative in the 49th and 50th congresses from the first district of Georgia, 1885-89, and retired from the practice of law in 1896, upon being elected judge of the city court of Savannah. He is the author of: Plutocracy, or American White Slavery, a politico-social novel (1888); Mother Goose Carved by a Commentator (1900); Patriotism, Democracy or Empire: A Satire (1900), and, under the pen-name Nemesis, of a series of articles in 1870.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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