Archibald Thompson MacIntyre (October 27, 1822 – January 1, 1900) was an American

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and

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, as well as an officer in the

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during the

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Biography

MacIntyre was born near

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, Georgia, in 1822 and moved to

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, in 1826. He studied law in Monticello, Florida, and

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, before gaining admittance to the Georgia state bar in 1843 and becoming a practicing attorney in

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. In 1849, MacIntyre was elected to the

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. He served as a

colonel in the Eleventh Infantry of the Georgia Guards during the Civil War. After the war, he was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865. MacIntyre was elected in 1870 as a

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to the

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to the

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. He served one term from March 4, 1871, until March 3, 1873, and did not run for reelection in 1872 After his congressional service, MacIntyre continued practicing law in Thomasville. He also served on the board of trustees of the

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and the

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. He died in Thomasville on January 1, 1900, and was buried in that city's Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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