George E. Spencer

George Eliphaz Spencer (1836-1893) represented Alabama as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1868-79. He served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, leading a regiment of southern Unionists in the First Alabama U.S. Cavalry Regiment.

Portrait of Alabama Reconstruction senator George E. Spencer
Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Portrait of Alabama Reconstruction senator George E. Spencer