- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Senator William Julius Harris, Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, ca. 1920]
- Creator:
- Harris and Ewing (Washington, DC?)
- Date of Original:
- 1920
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Municipal services--Georgia--Cedartown
Georgia--Politics and government
Portraits--Georgia--Cedartown - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Cedartown, ca. 1920. Senator William Julius Harris, 1868-1932; state senator, 1911-1912; Director, U.S. Census Bureau and Secretary of Commerce, 1913-1915; U.S. Senator 1918-1932."--from field notes
2003/07/14: William J. Harris was the great-grandson of Charles Hooks. He was born in Cedartown on February 3, 1868. He was a member of Georgia state senate from 1911-12. Joining the Democratic Party, he served as the Georgia Democratic state chair from 1912-13. Later, he served as an U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1919-32. He died in office in 1932 in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1932 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga. A monument was dedicated to him at Greenwood Cemetery. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_plk050-84
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:plk050-84
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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