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OBERT CARTER PITTMAN was born in Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, October 8, 1898, one
of twelve children of Robert McGrady and Lelia Thomas Pittman. He grew up in the
Villanow, Walker County, Georgia area. He received his preparatory education from
Reinhardt College, Emory University, and the University of Georgia. After receiving a
LL.B. from Columbia University in 1927, Mr. Pittman began practicing law in Dalton,
Whitfield County, Georgia, establishing a firm in which he was active until his death
March 15, 1972.
Mr. Pittman was a member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Georgia, the American and Georgia Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society, and the National Federation of Insurance Counsel. He was the author of many articles in the field of constitutional law and history, published in the American Bar Association Journal, the Virginia Law Review, the Georgia Bar Journal, the Alabama Lawyer, the Florida Law Journal, and other publications. In the early 1940’s, he began collecting originals and copies of letters, manuscripts and holographs by, or relative to, George Mason of Virginia, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776 (three weeks before the Declaration of Independence), and the Virginia Constitution of the same year—from which our U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights was derived. Mr. Pittman was considered by many to be an authority on the Bill of Rights and constitutional law pertaining to it. He was the first president elected by the Tufted Textile Manufacturers’ Association, now known as the Carpet and Rug Institute, served two one-year terms, and was instrumental in the organization, growth and development of the North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation. Mr. Pittman served on the boards of several local businesses and financial institutions. A veteran of World War I, he was a former vice chairman of the Georgia Democratic Committee and was a member of the Georgia Commission of Constitutional Government. He was a member of the Dalton Civitan Club, Dalton Elks Lodge and Dalton Masonic Lodge. In 1949 he was named to the University of Georgia Gridiron Society. In 1967 he was elected to the (Wall) of Fame of the Demosthenian Literary Society at the University of Georgia. He was a trustee of Camp Juliet Lowe for Girl Scouts at Cloudland Canyon. Mr. Pittman married Charlotte Pruden, a native Daltonian, daughter of Lottie A. and Frank S. Pruden, January 24, 1935. Their children were Carol P. Tipton, born April 9, 1938, R. Carter Pittman, Jr., born January 8, 1940 and Jane P. Lieberman, born July 10, 1944, deceased March 17, 1977. Biography provided courtesy of Mr. R. Carter Pittman, Jr.
 GUNSTON HALL The Home of George Mason
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Introduction to R. Carter Pittman
The George Mason Research Project
(A Letter to the Washington Post, January 23, 1954) __________________________________________
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are available online courtesy of the Library of Congress at “A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation.” Congressional Debates and Journals, American State Papers, and other resources pertaining to the records of the United States. ONLINE ARCHIVES OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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for the benefit of students, researchers, and everyone who appreciates American history.
It is presented to the public with the kind permission of Mr. R. Carter Pittman, Jr.
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