William Jonathan Northen, the two-term governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, was born in Jones County, Georgia, on July 9, 1835.
Northen graduated from Mercer University. He married Martha Neel in 1860 and served as a two-term member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1877-1881). He also was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1884.
Northen died on March 25, 1913, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is buried in
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- William J. Northen, ed (1910) (PDF). Men of Mark in Georgia (Volume II ed.). Atlanta, Georgia: A. B. Caldwell. pp. 353–356. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC07068994&id=Rg8ZD0XhkRMC&pg=RA17-PA312&dq=%22Georgia+Scenes%22&as_brr=1#PRA17-PA353,M1. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
- Portrait of William J. Northen
- William J. Northen at Find a Grave
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| Preceded by John Brown Gordon |
Governor of Georgia 1890 – 1894 |
Succeeded by William Yates Atkinson |
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