George Paul Harrison

George Paul Harrison (March 19, 1841 - July 17, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born at "Monteith Plantation," near Savannah, Georgia, Harrison attended Effingham Academy and the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta. During the Civil War entered the Confederate States Army as second lieutenant of the First Georgia Regulars and was successively promoted to first lieutenant, major, colonel, and brigadier general.He moved to Alabama in 1865.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn, Alabama.He served as member of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1875.He served in the State senate 1878-1884 and was its president 1882-1884.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.

Harrison was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Oates.He was reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894, to March 3, 1897.He resumed the practice of law in Opelika, Alabama.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901.He served as general counsel for the Western Railway of Alabama. Division counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway.He died in Opelika, Alabama, July 17, 1922.He was interred in Rosemere Cemetery.

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