Clarke County GaArchives Biographies.....McWhorter, Hamilton 1858 - living in 1923
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HAMILTON McWHORTER

   Eminent lawyer and jurist, born in Penfleld, Ga., July 1, 1858, son of Robert
Ligon McWhorter and Nancy Pope (Thurmond) McWhorter.

   His early education was at the Mercer High School. He attended the University
of Georgia, graduating from that institution in the class of 1875.

   He began the study of law and in 1877 was admitted to the bar. For a number
of years he lived in Lexington, Ga., where he enjoyed a magnificent practice.

   In 1890 he was elected Judge of the Superior Courts of the Northern Circuit,
and in that position achieved a splendid reputation as a jurist. He resigned
this position in 1895. and was appointed Advisory Counsel for the Southern
Railway. The following year he was appointed Assistant General Counsel for that
corporation. He became General Counsel for the corporation in the states of
Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. He retired from the active practice
of law Julv 1, 1918.

   Judge McWhorter has always taken an active interest in public affairs. In
politics he has occupied prominent positions in the councils of the Democratic
party.

  In no way has he rendered greater service to his state than in his energetic
and abiding interest in the cause of education. For many years he was one of the
most active members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, and
for a number of years served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the State
Normal School. Ill health, which forced him to retire to private life,
occasioned his resignation from both these boards in 1921, and his son, Mr.
Marcus McWhorter, was elected to fill the vacancy thus caused.

   He has always been interested in the development of the agricultural
interests of the state and is now one of the largest planters in this section.

   Judge McWhorter is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity, of the Capital City
Club, of Atlanta, and of the Cloverhurst Country Club, of Athens.

   November 24, 1880, he was married to Miss Sallie Pharr, of Washington, Ga.
Children. Julia Pope (Mrs. H. H. Price); Camilla (Mrs. Andrew C. Erwin); Marcus
Pharr, Hamilton, Robert Ligon, Howard Hart, Sallie and Thurmond.




Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF ATHENS and CLARKE COUNTY
1923

H. J. ROWE, Publisher

THE McGREGOR CO., PRINTERS, ATHENS, GA.




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