William P. Price

William Pierce Price (January 29, 1835 - November 4, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.

Born in Dahlonega, Georgia, Price attended the common schools.He was apprenticed to the printer's trade.He moved to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1851.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.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Greenville, South Carolina. During the Civil War served in the Confederate States Army as orderly sergeant in Kershaw's Second South Carolina Regiment.He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1864-1866.He moved to Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1866.He served as member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1868-1870.

Price was elected 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.He resumed the practice of law.He served as president of the board of trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College 1870-1908.He died in Dahlonega, Georgia, November 4, 1908.He was interred in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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