George Sydney Hawkins

George Sydney Hawkins
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Florida'sat-largedistrict
In office March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861
Preceded by	Augustus Maxwell
Succeeded by	Charles M. Hamilton
Personal details
Born	1808 Kingston, New York
Died	March 15, 1878 (aged 69–70) Marianna, Florida
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Columbia University

George Sydney Hawkins(1808 – March 15, 1878) was aUS Representativefrom Florida. Born inKingston,Ulster County, New York;attended the common schools and was graduated fromColumbia University,New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled inPensacola, Florida;served as captain in theIndian war of 1837;member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida; appointeddistrict attorneyin 1841; appointed United States district attorney for theApalachicoladistrict in Florida in 1842; associate justice of theFlorida Supreme Court1846–1850; elected judge of thecircuit courtin January 1851; member of theFlorida House of Representatives;served in theFlorida State Senate;collector of customs for the port of Apalachicola; elected as aDemocratto theThirty-fifthandThirty-sixthCongresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; judge of the district court under the Confederate Government 1862–1865; commissioned by the legislation of 1877 to prepare a digest of the State laws of Florida.

In 1832, he married Jane Louisa Early, adopted daughter ofEleazer Earlyand Jane Meriweather Paterson. She died two years into the marriage.

Hawkins died inMarianna, Florida,in 1878; interment in St. Luke's Episcopal Cemetery.

References

This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• United States Congress."George Sydney Hawkins (id: H000369)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.