Olin Wellborn

Olin Wellborn (June 18, 1843 – December 6, 1921) was a United States representative from Texas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Education and career Born on June 18, 1843, in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, Wellborn attended the common schools, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated from Emory University in 1862. He enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1861 and served throughout the American Civil War, attaining the rank of captain in Company B, Fourth Georgia Cavalry. At the close of the war he settled in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Atlanta from 1866 to 1871. He continued private practice in Dallas, Texas starting in 1871. Congressional service