William Carlton Mobley was a noted jurist

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 and politician

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 from the American

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 state of Georgia

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Mobley was born near Hillsboro, Jones County, Georgia

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; attended the common schools; and graduated from Mercer University

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 with a law degree in 1928. While at Mercer, he was a member of Sigma Pi

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 Fraternity

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Mobley practiced law in Forsyth, Georgia

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 before serving as secretary to Congressman Samuel Rutherford

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 from 1929 to 1932. In 1932, Mobley was elected as a Democrat

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 to the United States House of Representatives

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 representing Georgia's 6th congressional district

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 (Rutherford had died in office; Mobley was elected in a special election to replace him). Mobley did not seek reelection. Subsequently, Mobley served in Georgia's Executive Department from 1934 to 1937; as an Assistant Attorney General of Georgia from 1941 to 1943; as a Lieutenant Commander

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 in the United States Navy

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 from 1943 to 1946; and as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1954 to 1974, including a term as Chief Justice from 1972 to 1974. Following retirement from the Court, he resided in Atlanta, Georgia

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 until his death. He is interred in Forsyth, Georgia

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