Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) - Find a Grave Memorial

U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He attended Princeton College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced to practice law in Sparta, Georgia. He also was licensed as a Methodist preacher, judge of the Chattahoochee circuit and a member of the Georgia State Senate, (1834-37). In 1839, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress and elected as a Van Buren Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress, serving until 1843. After leaving Congress, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving (1843-48). Retiring from politics, he practiced law until his death at age 55.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith