Thomas Hardwick State Historical Marker

Thomas Hardwick State Historical Marker

Located on the Courthouse Square, Sandersville, Ga.

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GOVERNOR THOMAS HARDWICK

Governor Thomas William Hardwick, lawyer

and statesman, spent most of his life in

this city. Born in Thomasville, Dec. 9, 1872,

he graduated from Mercer in 1892 and from

Lumpkin Law School, U. of Ga., in '93, in which

year he was admitted to the bar. He was Pros-

ecuting Attorney for Washington County from

18956 to '97 and a Member of the Legislature

from '98 to 1902. He served in Congress from

1903 to 1914 when he was elected to the

Senate serving until 1919. He was Governor

of Georgia from 1921 to '23 and appointed to

the U.S. Senate Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton,

first woman Senator in U.S. history. He died

Jan. 31, 1944.

150-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955

Photo: Ed Jackson