| George E. Harris | |||
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| Library of Congress | |||
| 16th Attorney General of Mississippi | |||
In office January 4, 1874 – January 1878 | |||
| Governor | Adelbert Ames John M. Stone | ||
| Preceded by | Joshua S. Morris | ||
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. Catchings | ||
| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1873 | ||
| Preceded by | vacant (secession) | ||
| Succeeded by | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | George Emrick Harris January 6, 1827 Orange, North Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Died | March 19, 1911 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery Washington, D.C.[1] | ||
| Political party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Seton McAllister | ||
| Military service | |||
| Allegiance |  Confederate States
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| Service/branch |  Confederate States Army
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| Rank | Lieutenant colonel | ||
| Battles/wars | American Civil War | ||
George Emrick Harris (January 6, 1827 – March 19, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography[]
Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Harris moved to Tennessee and thence to Mississippi. He attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practiced. He entered the Confederate States Army and served as lieutenant colonel until the close of the Civil War.
Harris was elected district attorney in 1865 and reelected in 1866. Upon the readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from February 23, 1870, to March 3, 1873. He served as the only Republican Attorney General of the State of Mississippi 1873–1877. Harris was Lieutenant Governor 1877–1879. He engaged as an author of books on legal subjects. He died in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1911. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
He was the first Republican elected to the office of Mississippi Attorney General and only Republican to do so until Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019.
Notes[]
- ↑ "George Emrick Harris". Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12478876/george-emrick-harris. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
References[]
- George E. Harris at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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