Mitchell was born August 17, 1924, in Dalton, Georgia, the second son of Douglas Wright and Mary Adelia Erwin Mitchell.[1] He graduated from Dalton High School in 1940, at the age of 16. He then attended the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, before transferring to the University of Georgia. At age 18, with the onset of WW II, Mitchell volunteered for flight training with the Army Air Corps, serving overseas in the Pacific Theatre.[1] From 1943 through 1946, he served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps, engaging in combat, flying P-51's from Iwo Jima to Japan while escorting B-29's on bombing raids as well as participating in fighter strikes against air field, shipping, rail transportation and other strategic targets. He was recalled into service in the United States Air Force, during the Korean War, and served 17 months in 1951 and 1952.[1]
Between his years of service in the two military branches, Mitchell followed in the footsteps of his father, attended the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens and earned LL.B. in 1948.[2] He was admitted to the bar on April 17, 1948, and established a law practiced in Dalton.
Political service and law careeredit
While still in the Air Force, Mitchell ran for the position of Cherokee Judicial Circuit solicitor general, and was elected. He served in that position from January 1, 1953, until December 31, 1956.[1] He was then elected as state's youngest Superior Court judge, at age 31.[2] Serving in that position from January 1, 1957, until January 8, 1958. Upon the death of U.S. RepresentativeHenderson Lovelace Lanham, in November 1957, Mitchell announced his intention to run for Georgia's 7th congressional district.[2] He ran as a Democrat and won the special election to fill Lanham's term in the 85th United States Congress. He won re-election in 1958, but did not seek re-election in 1960.[3] Mitchell was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1960 and served for one full term.
After his political service, Mitchell returned to his law practice in Dalton, establishing the firm Mitchell and Mitchell with his father, and brother Doug.[1]
Later yearsedit
Mitchell continued to practice law and resided in Dalton until just before his death, on September 13, 2011, at the age of 87.[2]
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