Bullock, Rufus B. 1834-1907
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Personality
- His Address of Rufus B. Bullock, 1872.
- White, R.W. Can a Negro hold office in Georgia, 1869:p. 127 (His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock)
- LC in OCLC, 2-3-89(hdg.: Bullock, Rufus Brown, 1834-1907; usage not shown)
- MoSU-L/NLT files(usage: Rufus B. Bullock)
- DAB(Bullock, Rufus Brown; supervised building of telegraph line between N.Y. and the South; official of Southern Express Company; telegraph expert for Confederacy; president, Macon & Augusta Railroad; governor of Georgia, 1868 to fall of 1871; arrested 1876 on charges of embezzling public funds as governor but acquitted for lack of evidence; president, Atlanta Cotton Mills; b. 3/28/1834; d. 4/27/1907)
Rufus Brown Bullock (March 28, 1834 – April 27, 1907) was an American politician and businessman from Georgia. A Republican, he served as the state's governor during the Reconstruction Era. He called for equal economic opportunity and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for both, and encouraged railroads, banks, and industrial development. During his governorship, he requested federal military help to ensure the rights of freedmen; this made him "the most hated man in the state", and he had to flee the state without completing his term. After returning to Georgia and being found "not guilty" of corruption charges, for three decades afterwards he was an esteemed private citizen.
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