- Lindley M. Garrison
Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Lindley Miller Garrison
order=46th
title=United States Secretary of War
term_start=March 5 ,1913
term_end=February 10 ,1916
president=Woodrow Wilson
predecessor=Henry L. Stimson
successor=Newton D. Baker
birth_date=birth date|1864|11|28|mf=y
birth_place=Camden, New Jersey , U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1932|10|19|1864|11|28|mf=y
death_place=Seabright, New Jersey , U.S.
party=Democrat
spouse=
profession=Lawyer ,Politician Lindley Miller Garrison (
November 28 ,1864 –October 19 ,1932 ) was aNew Jersey lawyer who served as Secretary of War under U.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916.Garrison was born in
Camden, New Jersey and attended public schools and the Protestant Episcopal Academy inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania . He studied at Phillips Exeter Academy for one year before attendingHarvard University as a special student from 1884 to 1885. He studied law in the office of Redding, Jones & Carson of Philadelphia, received a law degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania , and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He practiced law in Camden from 1888 to 1898 and became a partner in the firm of Garrison, McManus & Enright inJersey City in 1899. He married Margaret Hildeburn in 1900. Garrison served as vice-chancellor of New Jersey from 1904 to 1913, where he came to GovernorWoodrow Wilson 's notice.From
March 5 ,1913 toFebruary 10 ,1916 , Garrison served as Secretary of War in the Wilson administration. Garrison and Wilson never fit well together. Garrison was much more willing to intervene militarily overseas than was the President. This was especially evident in regard to Mexico. Garrison urged American intervention into the Mexican revolution to restore order. During the Preparedness campaign of 1916, when Wilson was trying to convince Congress to raise military spending, Garrison supported a plan for expanding the US military with what he called the Continental Army Plan. Garrison’s proposal would establish a standing army of 140,000 and a national, volunteer reserve force of 400,000 men. Wilson initially gave the plan tepid support, but Garrison ran into opposition from both those who felt his plan went too far in creating a large standing army, as well as from those who felt it did not go far enough. Wilson was convinced by allies in Congress to back an alternative plan which emphasized not Garrison’s national volunteer force, but a continued role for the states’ National Guard. Garrison resigned in February 1916 over these differences. Fact|date=February 2007After leaving Wilson's administration Garrison returned to the practice of law in the firm of Hornblower, Miller & Garrison. He was appointed receiver of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in December 1918 and served until June 1923. He died inSeabright, New Jersey in 1932.References
* [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/sw-sa/Garrison.htm Army biography]
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