- Garrett Davis
Infobox Senator
name=Garrett Davis
nationality=american
jr/sr and state=Junior Senator,Kentucky
party=Whig, Unionist, Democrat
term=December 23 ,1861 –September 22 ,1872
preceded=John C. Breckinridge
succeeded=Willis B. Machen
date of birth=birth date|1801|9|10|mf=y
place of birth=Mount Sterling, Kentucky , U.S.
date of death=death date|1872|9|22|mf=y
place of death=Paris, Kentucky , U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician ,Lawyer Garrett Davis (
September 10 ,1801 –September 22 ,1872 ) was a U.S. Senator and Representative fromKentucky .Born in
Mount Sterling, Kentucky , Garrett Davis was the brother ofAmos Davis . After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of thecounty clerk ofMontgomery County, Kentucky , and afterward ofBourbon County, Kentucky . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823, whereafter he commenced practice inParis, Kentucky .Davis served in the
Kentucky House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835. Afterward, he was elected as a Whig to theUnited States House of Representatives , serving fromMarch 4 1839 toMarch 3 1847 . There he was chairman of the Committee on Territories.Davis declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1846, but instead resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He refused to reenter politics the next fifteen years. Davis declined the nomination for
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1848, and declined theAmerican Party nomination for Governor in 1855 and for the presidency in 1856.Davis was opposed to secession, however, and supported the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860. This convinced him to reenter politics, and he was elected as a Unionist in 1861 to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion ofJohn C. Breckinridge . He was reelected as a Democrat in 1867 and served fromDecember 10 ,1861 until his death inParis, Kentucky in 1872. He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. He was interred in Paris Cemetery.External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7773367&FLgrid=7773367& Garrett Davis] at
Find A Grave References
* American National Biography, Dictionary of American Biography, U.S. Congress.
* Memorial Addresses for Garrett Davis. 42nd Cong., 3rd sess. from 1872 to 1873.Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1873.
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