Albert Sidney Camp (July 26, 1892 – July 24, 1954) was an American

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Biography

Camp was born in Moreland,

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. The Camp family was a colonial family with ancestors arriving in the American colonies during the 17th century. Albert Sidney Camp was named for a

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, under whom his great grandfather served during the

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. Albert Sidney Camp attended the

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where he was a member of the

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. He graduated with a

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( B.L.) degree in 1915 and was admitted to the GA state bar and became a practicing lawyer in

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. From 1917 to 1919, Mr. Camp served in

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as a member of the Headquarters Detachment of the Eighty-second Division. After the war, Albert Camp attended the

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. Mr. Camp served in the

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from 1923 through 1928 and later as an assistant

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for Georgia's northern district from 1934 through 1939. Camp was elected to fill the seat of the deceased Emmett M. Owen in the

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and served in that position from 1939 until his death from a liver ailment at the

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on July 24, 1954.A. Sidney Camp Rep. in Congress Dies in Washington; Butler Herald; Butler, Georgia; Page 1; July 29, 1954 Camp was a close friend of President

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, and is credited with introducing Roosevelt to the

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s at Warm Springs,

. Mr. Camp is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan.

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1892 births 1954 deaths Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers United States Army personnel of World War I University of Georgia alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub

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