Thomas Elisha Winn (May 21, 1839 – June 5, 1925) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the

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for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 1891 to 1893.

Early life and education

Born near

Athens, Georgia Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...

, Winn was the second child of Richard Dickinson and Charlotte Mitchell Winn. Winn attended Carrollton (Georgia) Masonic Institute, and graduated from

Emory and Henry College Emory & Henry College (E&H or Emory) is a private liberal arts college in Emory, Virginia. The campus comprises of Washington County, which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is ...

. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in

Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 US Census, Alpharetta's population was 65,818 The population in 2010 was 57,551. History In the 1830s, the Ch ...

Career

He entered the

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as a first lieutenant in 1861. He was promoted to captain, then major, and finally a lieutenant colonel, in the Twenty-fourth Regiment, Georgia Infantry. He served with Lee's army ( Army of Northern Virginia) until the close of the

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. After the War, he resumed his law practice in Milton County, Georgia, and served as solicitor of the county court for two years. In 1868 Winn left the law and pursued agriculture full-time, except for civic duties. He was a Gwinnett County school commissioner from 1876 to 1890. He was a

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from Georgia representing Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the Fifty-second Congress. Winn was elected as a

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. He served one term from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1893, and did not stand for reelection.

Death

He died in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, at the

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, on June 5, 1925, and was buried in the Ridge Grove Cemetery, near Greensboro, Georgia.

References

* Huff, Frederick Ware. ''Four Families: Winn, Thomas, Ware, Garrett of the Southern United States from 1600s to 1993''. FWH: Kennesaw, GA., 1993. OCLC Number: 29382913

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winn, Thomas Elisha 1839 births 1925 deaths Confederate States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)