William Crosby Dawson
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The Hon. William Crosby Dawson |
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| Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
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In office 1821 – c. 1833 |
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| Member of the Georgia Senate from the district |
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In office 1834–1835 |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's At-large district |
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In office November 7, 1836 – November 13, 1841 |
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| Preceded by | John E. Coffee |
| Succeeded by | Mark A. Cooper |
| Judge, Ocmulgee Circuit Court, Georgia | |
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In office 1845 – ? |
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United States Senator from Georgia |
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In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | Herschel V. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Iverson, Sr. |
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| Born | January 4, 1798 Greensboro, Georgia |
| Died | May 5, 1856 (aged 58) Greensboro, Georgia |
| Political party | States' Rights Party, Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta M. Wingfield ( – 4/7/1850) |
| Alma mater | Franklin College (1816) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | Creek and Seminole Indian War |
William Crosby Dawson (January 4, 1798 – May 5, 1856) was a lawyer, judge, politician, and soldier from Georgia.
Dawson was born in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, January 4, 1798. His parents were George Dawson, Sr. and Katie Ruth Marston Skidmore.
After taking an academic course from the Rev. Dr. Cumming, Dawson attended the county academy in Greensboro, and then was graduated from Franklin College, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, in 1816 at the age of eighteen. He then studied law for a year in the office of the Hon. Thomas W. Cobb, at Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and then in the Litchfield Law School of Judges Tapping Reeve and James Gould at Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1818, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Greensboro where he was a successful jury lawyer. He was known for his ability to settle cases out of court.
In 1819 he married Henrietta M. Wingfield. They had eight children. He became a widower in 1850 and in 1854 married Eliza M. Williams of Memphis, Tennessee.
Dawson was elected as one of the vice presidents of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia at its first meeting, on August 4, 1834.
He was elected Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1821 and served twelve years in that post. From 1828, he compiled Dawson's Digest of Laws of Georgia, published in 1831.
From 1834 to 1835 he served as a state Senator.
In 1836 he was Captain of Volunteers under General Winfield Scott in the Creek and Seminole Indian War in Florida.
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