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| rdfs:comment | - Born near Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, Robert Augustus Toombs was the fifth child of Catherine Huling and Robert Toombs. He was of English descent. His father died when he was five, and he entered Franklin College at the University of Georgia in Athens when he was just fourteen. During his time at Franklin College he was a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society, which honors him as one of its most legendary alumni to this day. After the university chastised him for unbecoming conduct in a card-playing incident, Toombs continued his education at Union College, in Schenectady, New York, from which he graduated in 1828. Toombs went on to study law at the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shortly after his admission to the Georgia bar, he married his c
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| term start | - 1845-03-04
- 1853-03-04
- 1861-02-25
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| death place | - Washington, Georgia, U.S.
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| Name | - Robert Toombs
- Robert Toombs : Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage
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| Party | - Democratic
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- Constitutional Union
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| Birth Place | - Washington, Georgia, U.S.
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| term end | - 1853-03-04
- 1861-02-04
- 1861-07-25
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| abstract | - Born near Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, Robert Augustus Toombs was the fifth child of Catherine Huling and Robert Toombs. He was of English descent. His father died when he was five, and he entered Franklin College at the University of Georgia in Athens when he was just fourteen. During his time at Franklin College he was a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society, which honors him as one of its most legendary alumni to this day. After the university chastised him for unbecoming conduct in a card-playing incident, Toombs continued his education at Union College, in Schenectady, New York, from which he graduated in 1828. Toombs went on to study law at the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shortly after his admission to the Georgia bar, he married his childhood sweetheart, Julia Ann DuBois; they had three children.
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