Thomas M. Norwood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas M. Norwood

American politician

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1830

Place of Birth: Talbot County, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1913

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Thomas Manson Norwood (April 26, 1830 – June 19, 1913) was a United States Senator and Representative from Georgia.
Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850.
He studied law under Georgia governor James Milton Smith, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah.
He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1861 to 1862 and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1868.
He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S.
Senate and served from November 14, 1871, to March 3, 1877.
He was a staunch critic of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
He resumed the practice of law in Savannah, and was elected as a Representative to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S.
Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.
He again resumed the practice of law, and was appointed judge of the city court of Savannah in 1896, serving twelve years.
He returned to his country home, Harroch Hall, near Savannah, and died there in June 1913.
Interment was in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah.
His posthumously published book A True Vindication of the South argued that the South had been justified in its fight against the North.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat



Alternative names	Levin C. Handy
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	10 August 1855	26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932
Location of birth/death	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q12033170 VIAF: 58349202 ISNI: 0000 0000 3167 288X LCCN: n96077991 Open Library: OL6939460A WorldCat