Rufus Brown Bullock (1834 - 1907)

Born 28 Mar 1834 in Bethlehem, New York

Ancestors

Died 27 Apr 1907 at age 73 in Albion (village), New York

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Rufus Bullock is Notable.

Preceded by 45th Governor Thomas H. Ruger

Rufus Bullock 46th Governor of Georgia 1868—1871

Succeeded by 47th Governor Benjamin F. Conley

Biography

Rufus Bullock was born in 1834 and was the son of Volkert V. Bullock and Jane Eliza Brown.^[1][2]

He was a Republican Party politician and businessman in Georgia. During the Reconstruction Era he served as the state's governor and called for equal economic opportunity and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for both, and encouraged railroads, banks, and industrial development. During his governorship he requested federal military help to ensure the rights of freedmen; this made him "the most hated man in the state", and he had to flee the state without completing his term. After returning to Georgia and being found "not guilty" of corruption charges, for three decades afterward he was an esteemed private citizen.

Bullock has had both detractors and admirers. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, he was the last progressive governor of Georgia until Jimmy Carter.

He is the only governor of Georgia since 1850 of whom there is no portrait in the Georgia State Capitol.

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC19-L98 : 12 April 2016), Rufus Bullock in household of V V Bullock Bullock, Gaines, Orleans, New York, United States; citing family 2422, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVL-L5Y : 11 March 2018), Rufus B Bullock in household of V V Bullock, Albion, Orleans, New York, United States; citing p. 67, line 25, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 592,749.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7960835

• Rufus Bullock on Wikipedia

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GM-68T : 22 August 2017), Rufus B Bullock, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 100, sheet 417C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0148; FHL microfilm 1,254,148.

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NB-Q5T : accessed 16 January 2019), Rufus Bullock, Atlanta city Ward 6, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 4A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,200.