Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824 – March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician.

The younger Colquitt graduated from Princeton College in 1844, studied law and passed his bar examination in 1846.

[1] After the war, Colquitt was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving one term from 1853 to 1855.

[7] After Chancellorsville, some questions arose about Colquitt's performance during that battle,[8] and he was transferred to North Carolina in exchange for Brig.

[9] In February 1864, Colquitt marched his brigade south to help defend against the Union invasion of Florida, and was victorious in the Battle of Olustee.

[10] After this battle, Colquitt's brigade rejoined Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

Late in the war the brigade returned to defend North Carolina, where Colquitt surrendered in 1865.

After returning to political life and near the end of the Reconstruction era, Colquitt defeated Republican candidate Jonathan Norcross for governor of Georgia in 1876.

He was one of a number of Democrats elected to office as white conservatives regained power in the state, in part by an overt effort by paramilitary insurgents to disrupt and suppress Republican voting, especially by freedmen.