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EDUCATION: Though born in Georgia, Brother Antony received his early education in the schools of east Texas. His parents had moved to Texas in 1859. Thereafter, he returned to his native state of Georgia and enrolled as a freshman at The University of Georgia in September 1869.
As a sophomore, he won the debating award for his class. As a senior representing the Phi Kappa literary society, he won the commencement championship debate against the representative of the Demosthenian Society.
Antony was a Founder of the original Kappa Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta in April of 1871 and was its third president. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on August 6, 1873.
Brother Antony was a son of Dr. Milton Anthony, Jr. and a grandson of Dr. Milton Antony, Sr. [the founder of the Medical Academy of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, which was chartered December 20, 1828, the first medical school in Georgia, and which later was better known later as the Medical College of Georgia.
CAREER: After graduation, Brother Antony returned to Texas, specifically to Cameron in Milam County, and then to Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas. He was admitted to State Bar of Texas on January 8, 1874 at Cameron. An accomplished, respected attorney, he was elected County Attorney for Milam County, Texas in February of 1878. Later, Antony was elected Alderman for the City of Cameron.
On May 13, 1892, he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress as a “Jeffersonian Democrat,” arguing that the best government was a government which governed the least. In a speech in Waco, Texas, he struck, however, a particularly populist note:
“I would place [an] enormous tax on whisky, tobacco and other luxuries and give the people clothes, shoes and other necessities free from the infamous tax.” (src: The Waco Evening News, Waco, Texas, Saturday, May 14, 1892, p. 1.)
Antony won the Democratic Party convention’s nomination for the Ninth Congressional District of Texas on June 1, 1892 - on the 184th ballot, after two days of balloting! - and served the remainder of the term of Rep. Roger Quarles Mills, who had been elected to the U.S. Senate. Antony served until March 3, 1893.
Antony ran for re-election but lost after 1,560 rounds of balloting over five days at the Democratic Congressional District Convention held that year in Waco, Texas.
Subsequently, Antony then returned to private practice of law at Georgetown, Texas. In 1901, he had become an ordained Missionary Baptist minister and soon was called to lead the Baptist church in Henrietta, Texas, near Wichita Falls. In 1910, he moved to Dallas, Texas, where he died three years later. His death certificate lists the cause of death as cirrhosis of the liver.
As a sophomore, he won the debating award for his class. As a senior representing the Phi Kappa literary society, he won the commencement championship debate against the representative of the Demosthenian Society.
Antony was a Founder of the original Kappa Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta in April of 1871 and was its third president. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on August 6, 1873.
Brother Antony was a son of Dr. Milton Anthony, Jr. and a grandson of Dr. Milton Antony, Sr. [the founder of the Medical Academy of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, which was chartered December 20, 1828, the first medical school in Georgia, and which later was better known later as the Medical College of Georgia.
CAREER: After graduation, Brother Antony returned to Texas, specifically to Cameron in Milam County, and then to Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas. He was admitted to State Bar of Texas on January 8, 1874 at Cameron. An accomplished, respected attorney, he was elected County Attorney for Milam County, Texas in February of 1878. Later, Antony was elected Alderman for the City of Cameron.
On May 13, 1892, he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress as a “Jeffersonian Democrat,” arguing that the best government was a government which governed the least. In a speech in Waco, Texas, he struck, however, a particularly populist note:
“I would place [an] enormous tax on whisky, tobacco and other luxuries and give the people clothes, shoes and other necessities free from the infamous tax.” (src: The Waco Evening News, Waco, Texas, Saturday, May 14, 1892, p. 1.)
Antony won the Democratic Party convention’s nomination for the Ninth Congressional District of Texas on June 1, 1892 - on the 184th ballot, after two days of balloting! - and served the remainder of the term of Rep. Roger Quarles Mills, who had been elected to the U.S. Senate. Antony served until March 3, 1893.
Antony ran for re-election but lost after 1,560 rounds of balloting over five days at the Democratic Congressional District Convention held that year in Waco, Texas.
Subsequently, Antony then returned to private practice of law at Georgetown, Texas. In 1901, he had become an ordained Missionary Baptist minister and soon was called to lead the Baptist church in Henrietta, Texas, near Wichita Falls. In 1910, he moved to Dallas, Texas, where he died three years later. His death certificate lists the cause of death as cirrhosis of the liver.
