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John W. Maddox
Johns Maddox
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's7th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by	Robert W. Everett
Succeeded by	Gordon Lee
Personal details
Born	(1848-06-03)June 3, 1848 Gore, Georgia, U.S.
Died	September 27, 1922(1922-09-27) (aged 74) Rome, Georgia, U.S.
Resting place	Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

John Wilson Maddox (June 3, 1848 – September 27, 1922) was aU.S. Representative fromGeorgia.

Born on a farm nearGore, Georgia, Maddox attended modest schools. During theCivil War, he enlisted in theGeorgia State Guard in Company E, Sixth Georgia State Cavalry, in 1863 and served until the end of the war. He attended school in Summerville and Bethel Church, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and in railroad construction work in 1871. He was Deputy sheriff ofChattooga County, Georgia.

He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1877, commencing practice inSummerville, Georgia. He served as mayor of Summerville in 1877, County commissioner from 1878 to 1880, and as a member of theGeorgia House of Representatives from 1880 to 1884, and of theGeorgia State Senate from 1884 to 1886. Maddox was elected judge of the superior court, Rome circuit, in 1886, and was reelected in 1890, resigning the office September 1, 1892. He moved toRome, Georgia, in 1890.

Maddox was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905).^[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904, and resumed the practice of law. He also served as mayor of Rome in 1906 and 1907, and was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Georgia in 1908. Maddox was elected in to that office 1910 and served until his resignation on February 1, 1912, having become president of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co.

He died in Rome, Georgia, on September 27, 1922, and was interred inMyrtle Hill Cemetery. His grandson of the same name, known as John W. Maddox Sr., is the namesake of the John Maddox Track atBarron Stadium inRome, Georgia.^[2]

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