Middleton P. Barrow

Middleton Pope Barrow
United States Senator from Georgia
In office November 15, 1882 – March 4, 1883
Preceded by	Benjamin H. Hill
Succeeded by	Alfred H. Colquitt
Personal details
Born	August 1, 1839(1839-08-01) Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Died	December 23, 1903(1903-12-23) (aged 64) Savannah, Georgia
Political party	Democratic

Middleton Pope Barrow (August 1, 1839 – December 23, 1903) was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born near Antioch, Georgia in Oglethorpe County, he attended a private academy and graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1859 and from the School of Law in 1860. He was admitted to the bar that year and commenced practice in Athens.

During the Civil War, he entered the Confederate service in 1861 and served throughout the war. He resumed the practice of law in Athens and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1877.

Barrow was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881 and was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1882 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin H. Hill, serving from November 15, 1882 to March 3, 1883. He was not a candidate for re-election, and resumed the practice of law in Athens.

From January 6, 1902 until his death, he was a judge of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia, and died in Savannah, Georgia in December 1903; interment was in a private cemetery on the family plantation in Oglethorpe County.

Pope Barrow was a grandson of Wilson Lumpkin, a U.S. Senator and a Governor of Georgia. Pope's younger brother, David Crenshaw Barrow Jr., served as the chancellor of UGA from 1906 until 1925, and Pope Barrow served as a trustee of the university from 1872 until 1889.

References

• Middleton P. Barrow at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by Benjamin H. Hill	United States Senator (Class 2) from Georgia 1882–1883 Served alongside: Joseph E. Brown	Succeeded by Alfred H. Colquitt

Persondata
Name	Barrow, Middleton Pope
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Short description
Date of birth	August 1, 1839
Place of birth	Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Date of death	December 23, 1903
Place of death	Savannah, Georgia