Bragg, John, 1806-1878.
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Bragg, John, 1806-1878.
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Mobile, Ala., lawyer, planter, and politician.
John Bragg (1806-1878) was a lawyer, legislator, judge, planter, and native of North Carolina. Bragg was educated at the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1824; was admitted to the bar in 1830; and served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons, 1830-1834. In 1836 he moved to Mobile, Ala., where he practiced law and raised cotton in Lowndes County. He became a circuit judge in 1842 and later a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. He was elected to the United States Congress, 1851-1853, as a States Rights Democrat, after which he resumed his law practice.
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Alabama--Lowndes County
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Lowndes County (Ala.)
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Mobile (Ala.)
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