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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Louisiana SHERIDAN, George Augustus(1840—1896)SHERIDAN, George Augustus, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Millbury, Mass., February 22, 1840; moved with his parents to Chicago, Ill., in 1858; completed preparatory studies; engaged in the publishing business; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army and served as captain of Company D, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, until October 28, 1864, when he resigned; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1866; served as brigadier general of militia on Governor Warmouth’s staff; sheriff of Carroll Parish, La., in 1867; elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); appointed recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia May 17, 1878; and served until May 17, 1881, when he resigned; died in the National Soldiers’ Home, Virginia, October 7, 1896; interment in the Arlington National Cemetery. Sheridan, George Augustus. Statement of the considerations and facts relied upon by the contestant, in the case now pending of George A. Sheridan vs. P. B. S. Pinchback, together with the authorities connected therewith . [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1874?] Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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