George Washington Logan (February 22, 1815 – October 18, 1889) was a prominent

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politician who served in the

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during the

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as a peace and Unionist candidate. Logan was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He served as Clerk of County Court (1841-1849), County Solicitor (1855-1856), member of the Confederate Congress (1863-1865), delegate from Rutherford County to the State Convention (1865) and Brigadier General of the Division of North Carolina Troops. Elected to serve in the

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from 1864 to 1865 "for the two-fold purpose of opposing tyranny and keeping out of the rebel army," Logan was a Unionist and opponent of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He was thought to be involved in the

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, a Unionist movement within the Confederacy. After the

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he served in the

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from 1866 to 1868 as a member of the Republican Party and served as a Superior Court Judge (1868-1874). As a Judge, he was a foe of the Ku Klux Klan and in 1874 Judge Logan was defeated by one of his enemies David Schenck, a member of the Klan. As a native white member of the

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Republican Party, Logan was known as a "

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", but was strongly opposed to the policies (and possible corruption) enacted by Governor

William Woods Holden William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818 – March 1, 1892) was an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th governor of North Carolina. He was appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term and then elected in 1868. ...

. In ''State v. Reinhardt and Love (1869)'', Judge Logan ordered a verdict of "not guilty" for a case involving Alexander Reinhardt, a "person of color" and Alice Love, a white woman, despite North Carolina's Marriage Act of 1838 banning interracial marriage.John Wertheimer, ''Law and Society in the South: A History of North Carolina Court Cases, ''2009'' '' The George W. Logan House was added to the

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in 1986. In 1866, he purchased the property now known as

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and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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George Washington Logan biography
1815 births 1889 deaths People from Rutherford County, North Carolina Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from North Carolina 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina lawyers People from Lake Lure, North Carolina 19th-century American lawyers Southern Historical Society {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub