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Alfred Iverson Sr. | |
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| United States Senator fromGeorgia | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – January 28, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | William C. Dawson |
| Succeeded by | Joshua Hill |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | Seaborn Jones |
| Succeeded by | Marshall J. Wellborn |
| Member of theGeorgia Senate | |
| In office 1843-1844 | |
| Member of theGeorgia House of Representatives | |
| In office 1827-1830 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1798-12-03)December 3, 1798 |
| Died | March 4, 1873(1873-03-04) (aged 74) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Holt Julia Frances Forsyth |
Alfred Iverson Sr. (December 3, 1798 – March 4, 1873) was aUnited States representative andSenator fromGeorgia.
Born inLiberty County, he attended private schools and graduated from the College of New Jersey (nowPrinceton University) in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1822 and commenced practice in Clinton, a community inJones County, Georgia.
He was a member of theGeorgia House of Representatives from 1827 to 1830, and moved toColumbus in 1830 and continued the practice of law. He was judge of the Statesuperior court from 1835 to 1837, a member of theGeorgia Senate in 1843–1844, and apresidential elector on theDemocratic ticket in 1844.
Iverson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). From 1850 to 1854 he again served as judge of the State superior court, and was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1855, to January 28, 1861, when he withdrew. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses). While a senator, he repudiatedpopular sovereignty.[1] Iverson left the Senate shortly after Georgia passed anordinance of secession from the United States and after making a defiantfarewell speech, stating that Southerners would never return to the Union "short of a full and explicit recognition of the guarantee of the safety of their institution ofdomestic slavery."[2][3]
After leaving the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Columbus until 1868, when he purchased a plantation inEast Macon and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there in 1873; interment was inLinwood Cemetery.
His sonAlfred Iverson Jr. was aConfederate general in theAmerican Civil War.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Georgia 1855–1861 Served alongside:Robert A. Toombs | Succeeded by vacanta |
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| 1. Georgia seceded from the Union in 1861. Seat declared vacant untilJoshua Hill elected after Georgia's readmission into the Union in 1870. | ||
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