Pope Barrow
United States Senator fromGeorgia
In office November 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Benjamin H. Hill
Succeeded by	Alfred H. Colquitt
Member of theGeorgia House of Representatives
In office 1880–1881
Personal details
Born	(1839-08-01)August 1, 1839 Oglethorpe County, Georgia, US
Died	December 23, 1903(1903-12-23) (aged 64) Savannah, Georgia, US
Party	Democratic
Relations	Wilson Lumpkin David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr.
Children	Craig Barrow

Middleton Pope Barrow (August 1, 1839 – December 23, 1903) was aUnited States senator fromGeorgia. Born near Antioch, Georgia, inOglethorpe County, he attended a private academy and graduated from theUniversity of Georgia (UGA) inAthens, Georgia, with aBachelor of Arts in 1859 and from theSchool of Law in 1860. He wasadmitted to thebar that year and commenced practice in Athens.

During theCivil War, he entered theConfederate service in 1861 and served throughout the war. He resumed the practice of law in Athens and was a member of the Stateconstitutional convention in 1877.

Barrow was a member of theGeorgia House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881 and was elected as aDemocrat to theU.S. Senate in 1882 to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofBenjamin H. Hill, serving from November 15, 1882, to March 3, 1883. He was not a candidate for re-election, and resumed the practice of law in Athens.

From January 6, 1902, until his death, he was a judge of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia, and died inSavannah, Georgia, in December 1903; interment was in a private cemetery on the family plantation in Oglethorpe County.

Pope Barrow was a great-grandson ofWilson Lumpkin, a U.S. Senator and aGovernor of Georgia, as well as a great-grandfather of U.S. RepresentativeJohn Barrow. Pope's younger brother,David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr., served as the chancellor of UGA from 1906 until 1925, and Pope Barrow served as a trustee of the university from 1872 until 1889.

His son,Craig, was a noted physician in Georgia.^[1]

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• United States Congress."Pope Barrow (id: B000184)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Middleton Pope Barrow entry atThe Political Graveyard

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