Peter Meldrim, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Meldrim

American mayor

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1848

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1933

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Peter Wiltberger Meldrim (4 December 1848 - 13 December 1933) was an attorney, politician, judge and an army officer from Georgia, United States.
Early in his career, he worked to expand African-Americans' access to education as chairman of the Georgia State Commission on the Education of Colored Persons.
He served as an alderman and was elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia in the late 1890s.
In 1908 he was the chair of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Meldrim was a highly regarded attorney known for his handling of complex cases and oratory who served as a commissioner from Georgia on the Uniform Law Commission which worked to enact uniform state laws nationally.
Meldrim also presented addresses on law to various state and national bar associations, served as president of the Georgia State Bar in 1904, and became chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform.
In addition, he also served as the Association's president.
His home for many years in later life was the historic Green-Meldrim House.