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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | George S. Hawkins |
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Pensacola, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1808
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| Died | March 15, 1878
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | HAWKINS, George Sydney, a Representative from Florida; born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., in 1808; attended the common schools and was graduated from Columbia University, New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled in Pensacola; served as captain in the Indian war of 1837; member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida; appointed district attorney in 1841; appointed United States district attorney for the Apalachicola district in Florida in 1842
Associate justice of the State supreme court 1846-1850
Judge of the circuit court 1851
FL House and Senate
Collector of customs for the port of Apalachicola
U.S. House (D-FL) 1857-1861
Judge of the district court under the Confederate Government 1862-1865; commissioned by the legislation of 1877 to prepare a digest of the State laws of Florida; died in Marianna, Fla., March 15, 1878; interment in St. Luke’s Episcopal Cemetery.
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