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CITY HALL & OLD CAPITOL
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The Macon City Hall, built in 1837 for the
Monroe Railroad & Banking Co. and since
modeled, served from Nov. 18. 1864 till March II,
1865 as
temporary Capitol of Ga. Here Gov.
Brown had his office and convened the last
session of the Ga. legislature under the
Confederacy. Here the March session of the
Supreme Court was held in 1865. The building
also used as a military hospital from
the battle of Chickamauga in 1863 until the
close of the war. A picket on guard at the
portico was shot when Fed. Gen. Wilson entered
the city on April 20, 1865.
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MAYOR RONNIE THOMPSON
MACON, GEORGIA
Macon, Georgia's First Republican Mayor,
Elected Nov. 7, 1967 at 33. The Youngest
Man Ever To Be Elected To Serve As
Macon's Chief
Executive.
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