Augustus Holmes Kenan (April 21, 1805 – June 2, 1870) was an American politician who served as the
Confederate States Congress Representative from
Georgia
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's 4th congressional district from 1862 to 1864. He was renowned for heroism in the
Second Seminole War
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, leveraging his acclaim to win seats in both houses of the
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
. He was a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention and was elected by that body, Deputy to the
Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
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Biography
Augustus H. Kenan was born April 21, 1805, in
Baldwin County, Georgia
Baldwin County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,799. The county seat is Milledgeville, which was developed along the Oconee River.
Baldwin County is part ...
. He was a lawyer by trade; residing in
Milledgeville and Baldwin County his entire life. He was renowned as an able criminal lawyer of his era. Kenan married Henrietta G. Alston but was later divorced from her and remarried to Sarah Barnes of Baldwin County. They had five children of the marriage: Thomas Holmes, Lewis Holmes, Michael Johnston, Owen Tom, and Livingston. Kenan served in the
Georgia House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. T ...
and state
Senate
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. He represented Georgia in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862 and the 1st Confederate States Congress from 1862 to 1864, losing reelection to
Clifford Anderson
Clifford Anderson (March 23, 1833 – December 19, 1899) was a prominent Georgia politician, active in the politics of the state of Georgia and the Confederate States of America during its existence.
Biography
Anderson was born in Nottoway ...
. Kenan died on June 2, 1870, and
interred
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at
Memory Hill Cemetery in
Milledgeville, Georgia
Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon and bordered on the east by the Oconee River. The rapid current of the river here made this an attractive location to buil ...
.
See also
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List of signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession
Georgia's Ordinance of Secession was adopted at the Georgia Secession Convention of 1861. It was put to the vote on January 19, 1861; concluding at 2:00 P.M. (''the vote was 208 in favor of immediate secession with 89 opposed''). Prior to signing ...
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1805 births
1870 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Burials at Memory Hill Cemetery
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Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
Signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession
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