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Allen Fort of Georgia A Trail of Public Service
Allen Fort, born July 14 1849 near Lumpkin Stewart County Georgia, rose from common schools to the University of Georgia class of 1867. He served in the General Assembly 1872 1878 80 drafted the Fort Rankin railroad bill helped pass state railroad regulation and chaired key committees. He joined the 1877 constitutional convention and, after leaving the legislature, became a Superior Court judge in 1882 elected to four year terms through 1888.
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Allen Fort
Lumpkin
Stewart County
University of Georgia
Samuel Spencer
Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Fort
St. Louis
Tilden and Hendricks
Georgia
Tilden
Grammercy Park
New York
Hendricks
Saratoga
Macon
Brunswick
People of Georgia
John W. Renfroe
Treaurer
Board of Managers
House
High Court
W. R. Rankin
Gordon County
Fort-Rankin
Senate
Railroad Commission
Charles F. Crisp
J. J. Adderton
Davidson County
N. C
Lee County
Sumter County
Zollicoffer Riflemen
Americus
General Assembly
Adderton