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LaGrange, Georgia
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LaGrange is a city and the county seat of Troup County, Georgia, United States. The population of the city was estimated to be 30,452 in 2013 by the U. S. Census Bureau and it is the principal city of the LaGrange, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama Combined Statistical Area. It is about 60 miles southwest of Atlanta and located in the foothills of the Georgia Piedmont, LaGrange is home to LaGrange College, the oldest private college in the state. Started as an academy, it has been affiliated since the late 19th century with the Methodist Church. The citys proximity to West Point Lake, a few miles to the west, helps attract bass fishermen, the Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail, built in 1939, is one of LaGranges properties that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. LaGrange is named after the estate near Paris of the wife of the Marquis de La Fayette. When La Fayette, a Revolutionary War hero, visited Georgia in 1825 on a national tour, the city was incorporated in December 1828. By 1860 Troup County had become the fourth-wealthiest county in Georgia and it was the fifth-largest slaveholding county in the state. As the county seat, LaGrange was a center of trade for this prosperous area, during the American Civil War, LaGrange was defended by a volunteer womens auxiliary group known as the Nancy Harts or Nancy Hart Rifles, named after Nancy Hart. After defeating the Confederates in nearby West Point, Georgia, Colonel Oscar La Grange led his Union troops to the county seat of LaGrange and he placed Confederate prisoners near the front of the column. The Nancy Harts negotiated a surrender with the colonel, La Grange may have been returning positive treatment which he had earlier received. He had been given medical care by Confederates and was attended by a niece of Senator Hill, La Grange was exchanged for a Confederate prisoner, and he returned to battle duty. To show their gratitude for his sparing their homes, one of the Nancy Harts hosted a dinner for Col and he paroled some local prisoners so they could attend. Many women of the town cooked all night to provide the meal, the next morning the Federal troops marched out, taking various men of the town as prisoners of war. They were soon released, when it was learned that General Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, in the late 19th century, LaGrange developed as a railroad center and as an industrial center. Textile mills were developed here and elsewhere in the upland region, initially they employed only white workers. They increased in regional, state and national economic importance into the mid-20th century, gradually in the late 20th century, much textile manufacturing moved offshore, out of the United States. The city has transitioned to an economy with some new industries
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Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
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The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the founding college of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The college was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, today, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences comprises 30 departments in five divisions, fine arts, social sciences, biological sciences, physical and mathematical sciences, and the humanities. From that point it was known as the Franklin College of Liberal Arts, then later as Franklin College of Arts, classes were taught first taught on what is present-day North Campus. The first permanent brick building on campus was the Franklin College, now renamed Old College, the building a Georgian brick structure built in 1806, houses the offices for the Dean of Franklin College. The building is patterned after a building at Yale University and is the oldest surviving building at the University and in Athens, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest and largest college at the University of Georgia. All six of the University of Georgias Marshall Scholarship recipients were Franklin college students, 1977–1988 William J. Payne 1992–2004 Wyatt Anderson 2004–2011 Garnett S. Stokes 2011–2012 Hugh Ruppersburg, interim 2012–present Alan T. Dorsey Reed, Thomas Walter. History of the University of Georgia, UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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University of Georgia
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Its primary location is a 762-acre campus adjacent to the college town of Athens, Georgia, approximately an hours drive from the global city of Atlanta. The university has been labeled one of the Public Ivies, a publicly funded university considered to provide a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League. The university was founded in 1785 as the United States first state-chartered university and its historic North Campus is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places as a designated historic district. The contiguous campus areas include rolling hills, gardens, and extensive green space including nature walks, fields, shrubbery, and large and varied arboreta. Close to the campus is the universitys 58-acre Health Sciences Campus that also has an extensive landscaped green space, more than 400 trees. The university offers over 140 degree programs in an array of disciplines. Consisting of thirteen separate libraries, the UGA Libraries rank among the nation’s largest and best research libraries containing 5.7 million volumes, the University of Georgia is one of 126 member institutions that comprise the Association of Research Libraries. The university is organized into seventeen schools and colleges, the university has three primary campuses. The largest one is the campus in Athens that has 460 buildings. The university has two campuses located in Atlanta and Lawrenceville, Georgia. The university operates several service and outreach stations spread across the state, the total acreage of the university in 30 Georgia counties is 41,539 acres. Varsity and intramural student athletics are a part of student life. UGA served as a member of the SEC in 1932. In their 121-year history, the varsity sports teams have won 39 national championships and 130 conference championships. The Georgia Redcoat Marching Band, the marching band of the university, plays at sports. The Senatus Academicus was composed of the Board of Visitors and the Board of Trustees with the Georgia Senate presiding over those two boards, the first meeting of the universitys board of trustees was held in Augusta, Georgia on February 13,1786. The meeting installed its first president, Abraham Baldwin, a native of Connecticut, Baldwin was a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and one of two Georgia delegates to sign the final document. Many features on the University of Georgia campus resemble the campus of Yale, on July 2,1799, the Senatus Academicus met again in Louisville, Georgia and decided that the time was right to open the university
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Georgia (U.S. state)
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Georgia is a state in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1733, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies, named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2,1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 19,1861 and it was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15,1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States, from 2007 to 2008,14 of Georgias counties ranked among the nations 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South, Atlanta is the states capital, its most populous city and has been named a global city. Georgia is bordered to the south by Florida, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina, to the west by Alabama, the states northern part is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains system. Georgias highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet above sea level, Georgia is the largest state entirely east of the Mississippi River in land area. Before settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures, the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12,1733. The colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by King George II. The Trustees implemented a plan for the colonys settlement, known as the Oglethorpe Plan. In 1742 the colony was invaded by the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear, in 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the crown. Georgia became a colony, with a governor appointed by the king. The Province of Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution by signing the 1776 Declaration of Independence, the State of Georgias first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24,1778, in 1829, gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains, which led to the Georgia Gold Rush and an established federal mint in Dahlonega, which continued its operation until 1861. The subsequent influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to land from the Cherokee Nation. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma, including all of Georgias tribes. Despite the Supreme Courts ruling in Worcester v. Georgia that ruled U. S. states were not permitted to redraw the Indian boundaries, President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling. In 1838, his successor, Martin Van Buren, dispatched troops to gather the Cherokee
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United States House of Representatives
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The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the House are established by Article One of the United States Constitution, since its inception in 1789, all representatives are elected popularly. The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435, the House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills, which, after concurrence by the Senate, are sent to the President for consideration. The presiding officer is the Speaker of the House, who is elected by the members thereof and is traditionally the leader of the controlling party. He or she and other leaders are chosen by the Democratic Caucus or the Republican Conferences. The House meets in the wing of the United States Capitol. Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress of the Confederation was a body in which each state was equally represented. All states except Rhode Island agreed to send delegates, the issue of how to structure Congress was one of the most divisive among the founders during the Convention. The House is referred to as the house, with the Senate being the upper house. Both houses approval is necessary for the passage of legislation, the Virginia Plan drew the support of delegates from large states such as Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, as it called for representation based on population. The smaller states, however, favored the New Jersey Plan, the Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states in 1788, but its implementation was set for March 4,1789. The House began work on April 1,1789, when it achieved a quorum for the first time, during the first half of the 19th century, the House was frequently in conflict with the Senate over regionally divisive issues, including slavery. The North was much more populous than the South, and therefore dominated the House of Representatives, However, the North held no such advantage in the Senate, where the equal representation of states prevailed. Regional conflict was most pronounced over the issue of slavery, One example of a provision repeatedly supported by the House but blocked by the Senate was the Wilmot Proviso, which sought to ban slavery in the land gained during the Mexican–American War. Conflict over slavery and other issues persisted until the Civil War, the war culminated in the Souths defeat and in the abolition of slavery. Because all southern senators except Andrew Johnson resigned their seats at the beginning of the war, the years of Reconstruction that followed witnessed large majorities for the Republican Party, which many Americans associated with the Unions victory in the Civil War and the ending of slavery. The Reconstruction period ended in about 1877, the ensuing era, the Democratic and the Republican Party held majorities in the House at various times. The late 19th and early 20th centuries also saw an increase in the power of the Speaker of the House
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John Brown Gordon
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John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lees most trusted Confederate generals by the end of the American Civil War. After the war, he was an opponent of Reconstruction during the late 1860s. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U. S, senator from 1873 to 1880, and again from 1891 to 1897. He also served as the 53rd Governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890, Gordon was descended from an ancient Scottish lineage, and was born on his father Zachariah Gordons farm in Upson County, Georgia, the fourth of twelve children. Many Gordon family members fought in the Revolutionary War and his family moved to Walker County, Georgia in the 1840s, where his father owned a plantation with 18 slaves at the time of the 1840 census. He was a student at the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Mystical 7 Society. He studied law in Atlanta and passed the bar examination, Gordon and his father, Zachariah, invested in a series of coal mines in Tennessee and Georgia. Gordon married Rebecca Fanny Haralson, daughter of Hugh Anderson Haralson, in 1854, in 1860, he owned one slave, a 14-year-old female. His father owned four slaves that same census, although lacking military education or experience, Gordon was elected captain of a company of mountaineers and quickly climbed from captain to brigadier general, to major general. Though Gordon himself often claimed he was promoted to lieutenant general, in 1864, Gordon was described by General Robert E. Lee in a letter to Confederate President Jefferson Davis as being one of his best brigadiers, characterized by splendid audacity. Gordon commanded the 6th Alabama in 1862 and he was wounded in the eyes during the assault on Malvern Hill. Assigned by General Lee to hold the vital road, or Bloody Lane, during the Battle of Antietam. First, a Minié ball passed through his calf, then, a second ball hit him higher in the same leg. A third ball went through his left arm and he continued to lead his men despite the fact that the muscles and tendons in his arm were mangled and a small artery was severed. A fourth ball hit him in his shoulder, despite pleas that he go to the rear, he continued to lead his men. He was finally stopped by a ball hit him in the face, passing through his left cheek. He fell with his face in his cap and might have drowned in his own if it had not drained out through a bullet hole in the cap. A Confederate surgeon thought he would not survive but after he was returned to Virginia, after months of recuperation, in June 1863 Gordon led a brigade of Georgians in Jubal A. Earlys division during the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania
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Haralson County, Georgia
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Haralson County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U. S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,780, the county was created on January 26,1856 and was named for Hugh A. Haralson, a former Georgia congressman. Haralson County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, the county was originally governed by a sole Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. The last occupant of this office was Charles Sanders, the county is now governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners, which replaced the single-commissioner form beginning with the term starting in January 2005. The Chairman of the Board is elected county-wide, the current occupant of this office is Allen Poole, who had previously come close to winning election in the single-commissioner era. There are four other commissioners, one elected from each of four geographical districts, the current occupants of these offices are District 1s Kenneth Smith, District 2s Jamie Brown Bennett, District 3s John Dobbs and District 4s Sammy Robinson. The current sheriff of Haralson County is Eddie Mixon, judge J. Edward Eddie Hulsey, Jr. is the current probate judge. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 283 square miles. The vast majority of Haralson County is located in the Upper Tallapoosa River sub-basin of the ACT River Basin, just the very northwestern corner of the county is located in the Upper Coosa River sub-basin of the same ACT River Basin. The population density was 91 people per square mile, there were 10,719 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 92. 97% White,5. 40% Black or African American,0. 25% Native American,0. 34% Asian,0. 20% from other races,0. 56% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23. 00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.03. In the county, the population was out with 26. 10% under the age of 18,8. 10% from 18 to 24,29. 20% from 25 to 44,23. 60% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males, the median income for a household in the county was $31,656, and the median income for a family was $38,373. Males had an income of $31,816 versus $20,821 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,823, about 11. 40% of families and 15. 50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18. 10% of those under age 18 and 16. 10% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 28,780 people,10,757 households, the population density was 102.0 inhabitants per square mile
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Haralson, Georgia
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Haralson is a town in Coweta and Meriwether counties in the U. S. state of Georgia. The population was 166 at the 2010 census and it is noted for being one of the filming locations for both The Walking Dead and Lawless. Haralson was named for Hugh A. Haralson, a former Georgia congressman, Haralson is located primarily in southeastern Coweta County at 33°13′36″N 84°34′11″W. The city limits extend south into Meriwether County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 0.81 square miles, of which 0.012 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 144 people,57 households, the population density was 203.1 people per square mile. There were 65 housing units at a density of 91.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 84. 03% White,6. 94% African American,1. 39% Asian,21. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the family size was 2.91. In the town, the population was out with 23. 6% under the age of 18,9. 0% from 18 to 24,31. 9% from 25 to 44,24. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.7 males, the median income for a household in the town was $37,500, and the median income for a family was $39,167. Males had an income of $33,750 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,346, there were 9. 5% of families and 13. 8% of the population living below the poverty line, including 25. 8% of under eighteens and 33. 3% of those over 64
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Coweta County, Georgia
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Coweta County is a county located in the west central portion of the U. S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 127,317, Coweta County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta and Carroll counties was ceded by the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The counties boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly on June 9,1826, Coweta County was named for the Koweta Indians, who had several towns in and around the present-day county. In the city of Newnan, on April 23,1899, Hose was tortured and burned alive by a lynch mob of approximately 2,000 citizens of Coweta County. The legislative body of is the Coweta County Commission, which consists of five elected from numbered districts. The chairmanship rotates among the members, Coweta County is the only county in Georgia that operates with a rotating chairmanship. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 446 square miles. The eastern half of Coweta County, from Palmetto southwest to Newnan, the western half is in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin. The population density was 202 people per square mile, there were 33,182 housing units at an average density of 75 per square mile. 3. 14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, of all households 17. 60% were made up of individuals and 5. 70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the family size was 3.17. In the county, the population was out with 28. 70% under the age of 18,7. 60% from 18 to 24,33. 40% from 25 to 44,21. 80% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 98.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males, the median income for a household in the county was $52,706, and the median income for a family was $58,750. Males had an income of $41,369 versus $27,322 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,949, about 6. 10% of families and 7. 80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9. 60% of those under age 18 and 10. 50% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 127,317 people,45,673 households, the population density was 288.8 inhabitants per square mile
