Olin Wellborn (June 18, 1843 – December 6, 1921) was a

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from

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and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Education and career

Born on June 18, 1843, in Cumming, Forsyth County,

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, Wellborn attended the common schools, the

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and graduated from

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in 1862. He enlisted in the

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in 1861 and served throughout the

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, attaining the rank of captain in Company B, Fourth Georgia Cavalry. At the close of the war he settled in

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, Georgia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Atlanta from 1866 to 1871. He continued private practice in

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starting in 1871.

Congressional service

Wellborn was elected as a Democrat from

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and Texas's 6th congressional district to the

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of the

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and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1887. He was Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs for the 48th and

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es. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886 to the

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Later career

Following his departure from Congress, Wellborn resumed private practice in

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from 1887 to 1893, and in

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, California starting in 1893.

Federal judicial service

Wellborn was nominated by President

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on February 25, 1895, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on March 1, 1895, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on January 31, 1915, due to his retirement.

Death

Wellborn died on December 6, 1921, in Los Angeles. He was interred in Rosedale Cemetery (now Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery) in Los Angeles.

Family

Wellborn's daughter married

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, a co-founder of

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, California.Marc Wanamaker, ''Early Beverly Hills'', Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, pp. 17-1

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellborn, Olin 1843 births 1921 deaths People from Cumming, Georgia People from Los Angeles Emory University alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Confederate States Army officers Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California United States federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland 19th-century American judges California Democrats Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery