Hilliard, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1808-1892

Henry Washington Hilliard graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1829. He was a professor in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (1831-1834), a member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1836-1838), Chargé d'Affaires to Belgium (1842-1844), U.S. Representative for Alabama (1845-1851), Confederate commissioner to Tennessee, and Minister to Brazil (1877-1881).

From the description of Henry Washington Hilliard letter, 1868 Nov. 27. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 171198845

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