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George Sydney Hawkins | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Florida'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | Charles M. Hamilton |
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| Born | 1808 |
| Died | March 15, 1878 (aged 69–70) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
George Sydney Hawkins (1808 – March 15, 1878) was aU.S. Representative from Florida. Born inKingston,Ulster County, New York; attended the common schools and was graduated fromColumbia University, New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled inPensacola, Florida; served as captain in theIndian war of 1837; member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida; appointeddistrict attorney in 1841; appointed United States district attorney for theApalachicola district in Florida in 1842; associate justice of theFlorida Supreme Court 1846–1850; elected judge of thecircuit court in January 1851; member of theFlorida House of Representatives; served in theFlorida State Senate; collector of customs for the port of Apalachicola; elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-fifth andThirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; 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.
In 1832, he married Jane Louisa Early, adopted daughter ofEleazer Early and Jane Meriweather Paterson. She died two years into the marriage.[citation needed]
Hawkins died inMarianna, Florida, in 1878; interment in St. Luke's Episcopal Cemetery.[1][2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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