Julius Caesar Alford was an American

United States

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 politician, soldier and lawyer.

Biography

Born in Greensboro

Greensboro, Georgia

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, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, in 1799, Alford studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1809, and began practicing law in Lagrange, Georgia

LaGrange, Georgia

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.

Alford served in the Georgia House of Representatives

Georgia House of Representatives

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 and was a company commander during the Creek War

Creek War

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. He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Georgia to the 24th United States Congress

24th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :...

 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Towns

George W. Towns

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. Alford served the remainder of that term from January 2, 1837, to March 3, 1837, and lost his reelection bid in 1836 to the 25th Congress

25th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

. Alford successfully ran for a term in the 26th Congress

26th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 as a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

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 and was re-elected to a second term for the 27th Congress

27th United States Congress

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. He resigned in the midst of that latter term and served from March 4, 1839, to October 1, 1841.

After moving to Tuskegee

Tuskegee, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, Alford next moved near Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

. He was a delegate to the Union convention at Montgomery in 1852 and returned to practicing law. He lost an 1855 campaign to represent Alabama in the 34th U.S. Congress

34th United States Congress

The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years...

. Alford was a member of the Alabama secession convention in 1861 which passed the Ordinance of Secession

Ordinance of Secession

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. He died on his plantation

Plantation

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 near Montgomery on January 1, 1863, and was buried there.

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