Rufus Bullock
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Rufus Brown Bullock (March 28, 1834 – April 27, 1907) was an American politician.
He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1788 to 1789 during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia.
Bullock was born in Bethlehem, New York and moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1857 for his job with the telegraph company Adams Express. He died in Albion, New York in 1907 and was buried in Mt. Albion Cemetery in that same city.
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References
- Entrepreneur for Equality: Governor Rufus Bullock, Commerce, and Race in Post-Civil War Georgia (1994), Russell Duncan, University of Georgia Press, ISBN 0820315575
- [Georgia State Archives Roster of State Governors]
- [Georgia Governor's Gravesites Field Guide (1776-2003)]
External links
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2892
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