John Calhoun Nicholls (April 25, 1834 – December 25, 1893) was aU.S. Representative fromGeorgia.
Born inClinton, Georgia, Nicholls attended private schools and graduated from theCollege of William and Mary,Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1855. After studying law,he wasadmitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Clinch and Ware Counties, Georgia. He was practicing law in Waynesville,Wayne County, Georgia by 1860.[1]During theCivil War he first served in theConfederate States Army as captain, Sea Coast Guard, commissioned a brigadier general of the 2nd Brigade of the 6th DivisionGeorgia Militia, and then served as a captain, Company I, of the Fourth Regiment, Georgia Cavalry.[2]After the war, Nicholls was a lawyer inBlackshear, Georgia.[3]He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1865, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876, and in theGeorgia State Senate from 1870 to 1875.Nicholls was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881), was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880, but was elected to theForty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). After becoming an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884, he resumed the practice of law inBlackshear, Georgia, where he died December 25, 1893.He was interred inBlackshear Cemetery.
Nicholls is the namesake of the city ofNicholls, Georgia.[4]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's 1st congressional district March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's 1st congressional district March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Succeeded by |
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