Keywords: Thomas M. Norwood - Brady-Handy.jpg Norwood Hon Thomas Manson Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 04915 CALL NUMBER LC-BH832- 29040 A <P P>P P between 1865 1880 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD Thomas Manson Norwood April 26 1830 - June 19 1913 was a United States Senator and Representative and from Georgia Born in Talbot County he pursued an academic course and graduated from Emory College in 1850 He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852 commencing practice in Savannah He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1851 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 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 Hancock Hall near Savannah and died there in June of 1913 Interment was in Laurel Grove Cemetery Savannah This summary was created using Commons SumItUp en Thomas_M _Norwood PD-Brady-Handy LOC-image cwpbh 04915 DEFAULTSORT Norwood Thomas M Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Senators of the United States from Georgia Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia Black and white photographic portraits of men Members of the Georgia House of Representatives Democrats from Georgia 1830 births 1913 deaths |