Farish Carter Tate (November 20, 1856 – February 7, 1922) was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and lawyer. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
Tate was born in Jasper, Georgia, in 1856. Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2167 at the 2000 census He attended North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega. North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU also known as The Military College of Georgia is one of six Senior military colleges in the United States Dahlonega is a city in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, and is its County seat. He studied law, gained admittance to the state bar in 1880 and became a practicing attorney in Jasper. He married Eliza McDonald on April 26, 1911. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eliza McDonald and Farish Carter had five children: Mary Ann (d. 1944), Catherine (d. 1951), James Farish (b. 1921), Samuel McDonald, and Benjamin Franklin (d. 1956).
In 1882, Tate was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, and he served in that body until 1897. The Georgia House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state Legislature) of Georgia During that time, he also served on the Democratic State Executive Committee from 1884 through 1887. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. He served on that same committee again from 1890 to 1892. In addition, he served as a delegate to the 1888 Georgia Democratic Convention.
After being elected as Representative in 1892 to server Georgia's 9th congressional district in the 53rd United States Congress, Tate was reelected to five additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection to the 59th Congress in 1904. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Georgia's 9th congressional district is currently represented by Republican Nathan Deal. The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and Dates of sessions March 4 1905 - March 4 1907 Special session of the Senate March 4 1905 - March In total, his federal congressional service spanned from March 4, 1893 through March 3, 1905. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
After being appointed as a United States district attorney in the northern district of Georgia by United States President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, Tate was reappointed to that position by President Howard Taft and served in that post until 1913. United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the United States federal government in United States district court and The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 – March 8 1930 was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice He then returned to Jasper to continue practicing law, died there on February 7, 1922, and was buried in the Tate family cemetery. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Preceded by Thomas E. Winn |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th congressional district March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1905 |
Succeeded by Thomas Montgomery Bell |