Alfred Burton Greenwood questionnaire, 1850s

Summary

Creator:

Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889 and Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

Date:

1850s

Extent:

1 folder(s) (1 questionnaire)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Alfred Burton Greenwood questionnaire, ms947, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a four question questionnaire written by Charles Lanman and completed by Alfred Burton Greenwood. Information provided by Greenwood was published in Lanman's book titled Dictionary of the United State Congress.

Biographical / historical:

Alfred Burton Greenwood was a Representative from Arkansas. He was born in Franklin County, Georgia, July 11, 1811. He graduated from the University of Georgia, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He commenced practice in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was a member of the State house of representatives 1842-1845; a state prosecuting attorney, 1845-1851; circuit judge of Arkansas, 1851-1853; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-fifth Congress); Commissioner of Indian Affairs from May 13, 1859, to April 13, 1861; served in the Confederate House of Representatives, 1862-1865. Alfred B. Greenwood died in Bentonville, Arkansas, October 4, 1889 and is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Related

Related material:

Related collection available in this repository: Lanman Georgia Congressional history collection, ms928.

Other descriptive data:

Dictionary of the United States Congress, Containing Biographical Sketches of its Members from the Foundation of the Government, by Charles Lanman is located in Hargrett Rare Books: Rare Bk JK1010.L3 1859.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Questionnaires.

Names:

Greenwood, Alfred Burton, 1811-1889 -- Dictionary of the United States Congress
Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895 -- Dictionary of the United States Congress

Preferred citation:

Alfred Burton Greenwood questionnaire, ms947, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.