Meldrim, Peter Wiltberger, 1848-1933

Peter Wiltberger Meldrim (4 December 1848 − 13 December 1933) was an attorney, politician, judge and an army officer from Georgia, United States.[1] Early in his career, he worked to expand African Americans' access to education as chairman of the Georgia State Commission on the Education of Colored Persons. He served as an alderman and was elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia in the late 1890s.

In 1908, he was the chairman of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Meldrim was a highly regarded attorney known for his handling of complex cases and oratory who served as a commissioner from Georgia on the Uniform Law Commission which worked to enact uniform state laws nationally. Meldrim also presented addresses on law to various state and national bar associations, served as president of the Georgia State Bar in 1904, and became chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform. In addition, he also served as the Association's president. His home for many years in later life was the Green-Meldrim House, a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

BIRTH 4 Dec 1848
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
DEATH 13 Dec 1933 (aged 85)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Bonaventure Cemetery
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA Show Map
PLOT Section: H Block: 0 Lot: 97
Also known at P. W. Meldrim