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George D. Tillman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund W.M. Mackey |
| Succeeded by | W. Jasper Talbert |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – July 19, 1882 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Smalls |
| Succeeded by | Robert Smalls |
| Member of theSouth Carolina Senate fromEdgefield County | |
| In office November 27, 1865 – December 21, 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Glascock Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Franz Walburg von Arnim |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives fromEdgefield District | |
| In office November 28, 1864 – December 22, 1864 | |
| In office November 27, 1854 – December 19, 1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Dionysius Tillman August 21, 1826 Curryton, South Carolina |
| Died | February 2, 1902(1902-02-02) (aged 75) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Attorney,politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1862–1865 |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
George Dionysius Tillman (August 21, 1826 – February 2, 1902) was aDemocratic politician fromSouth Carolina. He was a state representative, state senator, andU.S. Representative. He was the brother of GovernorBenjamin Ryan Tillman, and father ofJames H. Tillman, who wasLieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1901 to 1903 and in the latter year shot newspaper editorNarciso Gener Gonzales and was acquitted.[1]
He was born nearCurryton, South Carolina, and attended schools inPenfield, Georgia, and inGreenwood, South Carolina. He attendedHarvard University but did not graduate. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and commenced practice inEdgefield, South Carolina. During theAmerican Civil War, he enlisted in theConfederate States Army. He served in the 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment in 1862. After the 3rd South Carolina was disbanded, he joined the 2nd South Carolina Artillery, in which he served until the close of the war.
He served as a state representative from 1854 to 1855 and in 1864. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1865, held under the Reconstruction proclamation of PresidentAndrew Johnson. He then served as a state senator in 1865.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to theForty-fifth Congress. Tillman was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-sixth Congress from theFifth district (1879–1881), and re-elected to theForty-seventh Congress (1881–1883). He served from March 3, 1881, to June 19, 1882, when his election was overturned by the House.RepublicanRobert Smalls, his African-American opponent in 1880, contested the election, and succeeded Tillman.
Tillman was elected to theForty-eighth Congress from theSecond district and to the four succeeding Congresses (1883–1893). He served as chairman of the Committee onPatents in theFifty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1895, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of South Carolina in 1898.
Besides his political and legal activities, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and also worked as a publicist.
He died in Clarks Hill,McCormick County, South Carolina, on February 2, 1902, and was interred in the Bethlehem Baptist Church Community Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 5th congressional district 1879-1882 | Succeeded by Robert Smalls |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 2nd congressional district 1883–1893 | Succeeded by |
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