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A son of a governor, he was governor of Georgia during the Civil War, and was later part of the "Bourbon Triumvirate" that dominated state politics in the late 1800s.

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Joseph E. Brown- one of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Georgia's Civil War Governor; lawyer; US Senator 1880-1891

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----Alfred H. Colquitt- one of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Major General in the Civil War; Governor 1877-1882;
----John B. Gordon- one of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Major General in the Civil War; Governor 1873-1880; KKK leader; US Senator 1891-1897

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