George Wallace (Georgia)

George Wallace was an African-American state senator from Georgia during the Reconstruction Era.[1] He represented Hancock County, Georgia, Baldwin County, Georgia, and Washington County, Georgia. He was a Republican.[1] On September 12, 1868 the Georgia State Senate voted to exclude members with mixed heritage. The Georgia House had already kicked out their African American members.[1][2][3][4]

This article is about the African-American state senator. For other people named George Wallace, see George Wallace (disambiguation).

During the American Civil War, Wallace was reported to have been a body servant for Captain Howard Tinsley, to have been at Appomatox when Robert E. Lee surrendered, and to have ridden General Philip Cook's war-horse "Old Whitey" back to family members of its owner.[5]

References
  1. Duncan, Russell (1986). Freedom's Shore. University of Georgia Press. p. 54. Retrieved 2018-02-08 – via Internet Archive.
  2. Conway, Alan (1966). "The Reconstruction of Georgia". University of Minnesota Press. p. 165. Retrieved 2018-02-08 – via Google Books.
  3. "Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly". January 10, 1870. p. 137. Retrieved 2018-02-08 – via Google Books.
  4. McDonald, Laughlin (2003). A Voting Rights Odyssey: Black Enfranchisement in Georgia. Cambridge University Press. p. 23. Retrieved 2018-02-08 – via Internet Archive.
  5. Thomas, Henry Walter (1903). History of the Doles-Cook Brigade. p. 612. Retrieved 5 September 2018. George Wallace served through the entire war as a body-servant of Captain Howard Tinsley.
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