William Gordon Brantley (September 18, 1860 – September 11, 1934) was an American

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and lawyer. Brantley was born in Blackshear,

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. He attended the

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(UGA) in

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, gained admission to the state bar in 1881, and began practicing law in Blackshear. Brantley was elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885 and the

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in 1886 and 1887. In 1888, he became solicitor general of the Brunswick, Georgia Circuit Court. In 1896, Brantley successfully ran for the

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and was re-elected seven more terms until deciding not to run for re-election in 1912. Brantley served as a delegate the Democratic National Convention in that year. After his congressional service, Brantley remained in

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to practice law. He died in that city in 1934 and was buried in Blackshear Cemetery in the town of his birth. Congressman Brantley is the namesake to Brantley County, Georgia.

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GeorgiaInfo Brantley County Courthouse History

* ttp://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c09?seq=116 ''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, ca. 1949, p.1161

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