About Walter McElreath
Lived 1867 – 1951 (aged 84). Walter McElreath was an American politician and autobiographer.
Walter McElreath (July 17, 1867 – December 6, 1951) was an American lawyer, legislator, bank executive, and author in Atlanta, Georgia. McElreath was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1909 until 1912. He was one of the founders and the first leader of the Atlanta History Center and its McElreath Hall is named after him.
McElreath was born in Lost Mountain, Georgia. He studied at Powder Springs High School and then Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He also wrote about Georgia's state constitution. The Atlanta History Center has a collection of his papers.
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American politician (1867-1951)
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Walter McElreath died on 6 December 1951.
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Walter McElreath was a politician and autobiographer.
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