William P. Price
| William P. Price | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district |
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In office December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | vacant |
| Succeeded by | James Henderson Blount |
| Member of the Georgia Senate | |
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In office 1880-1881 |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
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In office 1868-1870 1877-1879 |
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| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office 1864-1866 |
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| Personal details | |
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January 29, 1835 Dahlonega, Georgia |
| Died | November 4, 1908 (aged 73) Dahlonega, Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Furman University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
William Pierce Price (January 29, 1835 – November 4, 1908) was a politician who served in the U.S. Representative. Price was born in Dahlonega, Georgia.
Price attended the common schools and was apprenticed to the printer's trade. In 1851 he moved to Greenville, South Carolina, around the age of 16. Eventually he attended Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, but left before graduating to take charge of the editorial department of the Southern Enterprise, a Greenville newspaper. While in school he had studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Greenville, South Carolina around the age of 20.
During the Civil War Price served in the Confederate States Army as orderly sergeant in Kershaw's Second South Carolina Regiment. He was elected and served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1864-1866. In 1866 he moved back to his birthplace of Dahlonega, Georgia. Two years later in 1868 he served as member of the Georgia House of Representatives until 1870.
His next appointment as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by failure to elect. He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1873. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872. He was again a member of the State house of representatives 1877-1879, of the State senate in 1880 and 1881, and of the State house of representatives in 1894 and 1895. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880.
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