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Carlton, Henry Hull

soldier, journalist, lawyer, United States senator, congressman, was born May 14, 1835, in Athens, Ga. He was elected a representative to the general assembly of Georgia in 1872, and was successively re-elected till 1877, inclusive, when he declined re-election. He was state senator in 1884-85, and president of the senate during that term.

He was editor and proprietor of the Athens Banner until 1880, when he commenced the practice of law; and was elected city attorney of Athens. He was four years in the confederate army, under General R. E. Lee, holding the rank of lieutenant, captain, and major of artillery. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.