Allen D. Candler
| Allen Daniel Candler | |
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| 56th Governor of Georgia | |
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In office October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 |
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| Preceded by | William Y. Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph M. Terrell |
| Secretary of State of Georgia | |
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In office 1894–1898 |
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| Preceded by | Philip Cook, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | William C. Clifton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | Emory Speer |
| Succeeded by | Thomas E. Winn |
| Member of the Georgia Senate | |
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In office 1878–1880 |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
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In office 1873–1878 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1834 Auraria, Lumpkin Co., Georgia |
| Died | October 26, 1910 (aged 75) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenia Williams |
| Residence | Gainesville, Georgia |
| Alma mater | Mercer University |
| Occupation | Teacher, Farmer, Railroad Owner |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Allen Daniel Candler (November 4, 1834 – October 26, 1910) was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and the 56th Governor of Georgia.
Candler was born the eldest of twelve children to Daniel Gill Candler and Nancy Caroline Matthews in Auraria, Georgia, in Lumpkin County, a mountainous mining community. Candler attended country schools and then Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, graduating in 1859. Candler studied law briefly, and then taught school.
In May 1862, Candler enlisted as a private in the Confederate 34th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, and was immediately elected a first lieutenant by the members of his company. Candler fought in some of the Civil War's most brutal battles: Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and Jonesboro. By war's end, he was serving as a colonel under General Joseph E. Johnston in the Army of Tennessee in North Carolina. He was wounded at Kennesaw and lost an eye in Jonesboro. At the end of the war, he quipped that he was more fortunate than many of his comrades -- "I counted myself quite wealthy [with] … one wife, and baby, one eye, and one silver dollar."
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