Lumpkin, John H. (John Henry), 1812-1860. Letter, 1855 June 18. 1 letter. Location: Misc. John H. Lumpkin was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1835), solicitor general of the Cherokee circuit (1838), U.S. Representative for Georgia (1843-1849, 1855-1857), and judge of the superior court, Rome circuit (1850-1853). John H. Lumpkin in Chattanooga, Tenn., writes Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia regarding his nomination as the Democratic candidate for the 5th Congressional District of Georgia, his recent conversation with Mark Anthony Cooper, and Georgia politics. Mss. 3950.