Alfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and twoterm U.S. Senator from Georgia , dying in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general.
Alfred Colquitt was born in Monroe, Georgia. His father, Walter T. Colquitt was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. The younger Colquitt graduated from Princeton College in 1844, studied law and passed his bar examination in 1846.
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