John C. Nicholls

John Calhoun Nicholls (April 25, 1834 - December 25, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.

Born in Clinton, Georgia, Nicholls attended private schools and was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Clinch and Ware Counties, Georgia.He also engaged as a planter. During the Civil War served in the Confederate States Army as captain, Company I, Fourth Regiment, Georgia Cavalry.He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1865.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876.He served in the State senate 1870-1875.

Nicholls was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880.

Nicholls was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884.He resumed the practice of law in Blackshear, Georgia, where he died December 25, 1893.He was interred in Blackshear Cemetery.

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