Marvin Dawson Mathis is a former U.S. Representative

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 from Georgia

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Born in Nashville, Georgia

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, Mathis attended the Nashville public schools. He attended South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia

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. From 1964 to 1970, he was news director of WALB-TV in Albany, Georgia

Albany, Georgia

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Mathis was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Ninety-second

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 and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981). He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate

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 in 1980. He become a private advocate. He is a resident of Nashville, Georgia

Nashville, Georgia

Nashville is a city in Berrien County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,697 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Berrien County...

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