- Garrett L. Withers
Garrett Lee Withers (
June 21 ,1884 -April 30 ,1953 ), a Democrat, representedKentucky in theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives .Withers was born on a farm in
Webster County, Kentucky . He was admitted to the bar in 1908. He was a practicing attorney in Webster County, 1911-1953. He was elected clerk of Webster County Circuit Court and served 1910-1912, and was master commissioner there 1913-1917. He served as a member of the Kentucky Highway Commission 1932-1936; as a referee in bankruptcy 1941-1945; and as an appointed commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Highways 1947-1949. He was appointed on January 20, 1949, as a Democrat to theUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofAlben Barkley to becomeVice President of the United States . Withers served from January 20, 1949, to November 26, 1950. Withers was not a candidate for election to the seat to which he was appointed.Withers won election to the
Kentucky House of Representatives in 1951 and then won a special election (due to the death of Rep. John A. Whitaker) on August 2, 1952 to theUnited States House of Representatives . He served as a Democrat in the Eighty-second Congress and was reelected to the Eighty-third Congress and served from August 2, 1952, until his death in the naval hospital atBethesda, Maryland on April 30, 1953.
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