Thomas Wingfield Grimes | |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1844 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Georgia |
Death Place: | Columbus, Georgia |
Resting Place: | Linwood Cemetery |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Party: | Democratic |
Signature: | Signature of Thomas Wingfield Grimes (1844–1905).png |
Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia |
Constituency1: | 4th District |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1887 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1891 |
Office2: | Member of the Georgia Senate |
Term Start2: | 1878 |
Term End2: | 1879 |
Office3: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Term3: | 1868, 1869, 1875, 1876 |
Thomas Wingfield Grimes (December 18, 1844 - October 28, 1905) was an American politician and lawyer.
Grimes was born in Columbus, Georgia. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1863, Grimes studied law and became a practicing lawyer.[1]
After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Grimes was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868, 1869, 1875, and 1876, the Georgia Senate in 1878 and 1879, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 1886 and 1888.
Grimes died in Columbus in 1905 and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.[2] [3]