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of the creditor class to rob, defraud, and impoverish the debtor class."

Felton ran for re-election in 1876 and 1878, winning election both times. He was joined in Congress in 1878 by a fellow Independent Democrat, attorney Emory Speer of Athens, who had served previously as Georgia's Solicitor General.

An attempt to win a fourth term of office in 1880 was unsuccessful, however, with his supporters charging that voting "irregularities" had certainly taken place in Rome

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