However, Toombs resumed his lucrative law practice, in connection with his son-in-law Dudley M. DuBose. The latter was elected in 1870 as a Democratic U.S. Representative and served one term. Toombs gradually resumed political power in Georgia. He funded and dominated the Georgia constitutional convention of 1877, in the year that federal troops were withdrawn from the South. He demonstrated the political skill and temperament that earlier had earned him a reputation as one of Georgia's most effective leaders. He gained a populist reputation for attacks on railroads and state investment in them.
However, Toombs resumed his lucrative law practice, in connection with his son-in-law Dudley M. DuBose. !The latter was elected in 1870 as a Democratic U.S. Representative and served one term. Toombs gradually resume:d political power in Georgia. He funded and dominated the Georgia constitutional convention of 1877, in the year that federal troops were withdrawn from the South. He demonstrated the political skill and temp.erament that earlier had earned him a reputation as on!e of Georgia's most effective leaders. He gained a populist reputation for attacks on railroads and state investment in them.