Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889

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Representative from Arkansas.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D. C., to J. S. Black, 1857 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270505948

Alfred Burton Greenwood was a Representative from Arkansas. He was born in Franklin County, Georgia, July 11, 1811. He graduated from the University of Georgia, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He commenced practice in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was a member of the State house of representatives 1842-1845; a state prosecuting attorney, 1845-1851; circuit judge of Arkansas, 1851-1853; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-fifth Congress); Commissioner of Indian Affairs from May 13, 1859, to April 13, 1861; served in the Confederate House of Representatives, 1862-1865. Alfred B. Greenwood died in Bentonville, Arkansas, October 4, 1889 and is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

From the description of Alfred Burton Greenwood manuscript, 185u. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 289497793

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associatedWith Bissonette, Joseph, fl. 1860. person
associatedWith Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883, person
associatedWith Carson, Kit, 1809-1868. person
associatedWith Johnson, Robert Ward, 1814-1879, person
associatedWith Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895 person
correspondedWith Miller, John F., 1825-1901. person
associatedWith Rust, Albert, d. 1870, person
associatedWith Sebastian, William King, 1812-1865, person
associatedWith United States. Office of Indian Affairs. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Georgia corporateBody
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Birth 1811-07-11

Death 1889-10-04

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