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'''Silas Coma Garrett III''' (March 28, 1913 – July 24, 1967) was an American politician and attorney who served as [[Attorney General of Alabama|Attorney General]] of [[Alabama]] for from 1951 to 1954.<ref name="mug">{{Cite web|url=https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/447/|title=Q3202|website=digital.archives.alabama.gov}}</ref>
'''Silas Coma Garrett III''' (March 28, 1913 – July 24, 1967) was an American politician and attorney who served as [[Attorney General of Alabama|Attorney General]] of [[Alabama]] for from 1951 to 1954.<ref name="mug">{{Cite web|url=https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/447/|title=Q3202|website=digital.archives.alabama.gov}}</ref>


Garrett was born in [[Grove Hill, Alabama]], the son of Judge Silas Coma Garrett Jr., probate judge of [[Clarke County, Alabama]].<ref name="1942announce" /> He graduated from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1933, where he was a member of the [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and [[Sigma Chi]] fraternities,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20TPAAAAMAAJ&q=Garrett+%22Silas+Coma%22+grove+hill|title=Magazine of Sigma Chi|date=June 8, 1935|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="obit2">{{cite news|title=Si Garrett Dies At 54|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129953/the-montgomery-advertiser/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|page=1|date=July 25, 1967|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> and later served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in [[World War II]], reaching the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="mug" /> Garrett served as an assistant attorney general of Alabama shortly after his graduation from law school at the age of 22, from 1935 until 1942, when he resigned in order to run for election as attorney general.<ref name="obit2" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Silas Coma Garrett To Make Race For Attorney General|newspaper=The Tuskegee News|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129191/the-tuskegee-news/|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> However, he eventually withdrew from the race in order to serve in the military for [[World War II]].<ref name="1951el">{{cite news|title=Attorney General Silas Coma Garrett III|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129316/the-montgomery-advertiser/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|page=14|date=January 7, 1951|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> Considered a promising prospect for the office for many years, he was eventually was elected as Attorney General in 1951.<ref name="1951el" /><ref name="1942announce">{{cite news|title=Silas Garrett Announces For Attorney General|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79128987/the-phenix-girard-journal/|newspaper=The Phenix-Girard Journal|location=Girard, Alabama|page=1|date=February 20, 1942|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref>
Garrett was born in [[Grove Hill, Alabama]], the son of Judge Silas Coma Garrett Jr., probate judge of [[Clarke County, Alabama]].<ref name="1942announce" /> He graduated from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1933, where he was a member of the [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and [[Sigma Chi]] fraternities,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20TPAAAAMAAJ&q=Garrett+%22Silas+Coma%22+grove+hill|title=Magazine of Sigma Chi|date=June 8, 1935|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="obit2">{{cite news|title=Si Garrett Dies At 54|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129953/the-montgomery-advertiser/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|page=1|date=July 25, 1967|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> and later served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in [[World War II]], reaching the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="mug" /> Garrett served as an assistant attorney general of Alabama shortly after his graduation from law school at the age of 22, from 1935 until 1942, when he resigned in order to run for election as attorney general.<ref name="obit2" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Silas Coma Garrett To Make Race For Attorney General|newspaper=The Tuskegee News|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129191/the-tuskegee-news/|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> However, he eventually withdrew from the race in order to serve in the military for [[World War II]].<ref name="1951el">{{cite news|title=Attorney General Silas Coma Garrett III|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129316/the-montgomery-advertiser/|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|page=14|date=January 7, 1951|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref> Considered a promising prospect for the office for many years, he was eventually elected as Attorney General in 1951.<ref name="1951el" /><ref name="1942announce">{{cite news|title=Silas Garrett Announces For Attorney General|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79128987/the-phenix-girard-journal/|newspaper=The Phenix-Girard Journal|location=Girard, Alabama|page=1|date=February 20, 1942|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref>


On July 12, 1954, Garrett was indicted and arrested on one count of [[voter fraud]] alleged to have occurred in the Democratic [[primary election]] for Attorney General of June 1, 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/13/archives/alabama-arrests-top-law-official-its-attorney-general-gives-up-on.html|title=ALABAMA ARRESTS TOP LAW OFFICIAL; Its Attorney General Gives Up on Charge of Vote Fraud Against Slain Vice Foe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1954}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,889961,00.html|title=POLITICAL NOTES: The Attorney General|magazine=Time|date=July 26, 1954|via=content.time.com}}</ref> After his opponent [[Albert Patterson]] was murdered on June 18, 1954, Garrett was amongst three officials who were specifically indicted for Patterson's murder, along with Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller and [[District Attorney|Circuit Solicitor]] Arch Ferrell. Of the three, only Fuller was convicted; he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released after 10 years. Fuller died within the same year as his parole and claimed his innocence until his dying day.<ref>Eidsmoe, John, "Legalized Gambling, America's Bad Bet", 1995</ref> Ferrell was acquitted and Garrett was never brought to trial as his charges were dropped by then-Attorney General [[Richmond Flowers Sr.|Richmond Flowers]],<ref name="obit2" /> as Garrett was convalescing in a mental institution in Texas for most of the year after Patterson's murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-3067|title=Arch Ferrell, Si Garrett, and Ralph Mathews|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref><ref name=EA>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1250|title=Albert L. Patterson|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.t-g.com/story/1131572.html|title=Cleaning up Phenix City|first=Brian|last=Mosely|date=December 15, 2005|website=Shelbyville Times-Gazette}}</ref> Garrett later resided in [[Montgomery, Alabama]] until his death on July 24, 1967 after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Silas Garrett Dies On Monday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129606/the-selma-times-journal/|newspaper=The Selma Times-Journal|date=July 25, 1967|page=10|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref>
On July 12, 1954, Garrett was indicted and arrested on one count of [[voter fraud]] alleged to have occurred in the Democratic [[primary election]] for Attorney General of June 1, 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/13/archives/alabama-arrests-top-law-official-its-attorney-general-gives-up-on.html|title=ALABAMA ARRESTS TOP LAW OFFICIAL; Its Attorney General Gives Up on Charge of Vote Fraud Against Slain Vice Foe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1954}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,889961,00.html|title=POLITICAL NOTES: The Attorney General|magazine=Time|date=July 26, 1954|via=content.time.com}}</ref> After his opponent [[Albert Patterson]] was murdered on June 18, 1954, Garrett was amongst three officials who were specifically indicted for Patterson's murder, along with Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller and [[District Attorney|Circuit Solicitor]] Arch Ferrell. Of the three, only Fuller was convicted; he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released after 10 years. Fuller died within the same year as his parole and claimed his innocence until his dying day.<ref>Eidsmoe, John, "Legalized Gambling, America's Bad Bet", 1995</ref> Ferrell was acquitted and Garrett was never brought to trial as his charges were dropped by then-Attorney General [[Richmond Flowers Sr.|Richmond Flowers]],<ref name="obit2" /> as Garrett was convalescing in a mental institution in Texas for most of the year after Patterson's murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-3067|title=Arch Ferrell, Si Garrett, and Ralph Mathews|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref><ref name=EA>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1250|title=Albert L. Patterson|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.t-g.com/story/1131572.html|title=Cleaning up Phenix City|first=Brian|last=Mosely|date=December 15, 2005|website=Shelbyville Times-Gazette}}</ref> Garrett later resided in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], until his death on July 24, 1967, after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Silas Garrett Dies On Monday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79129606/the-selma-times-journal/|newspaper=The Selma Times-Journal|date=July 25, 1967|page=10|accessdate=June 7, 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Alabama Democrats]]
[[Category:Alabama Democrats]]
[[Category:People from Grove Hill, Alabama]]
[[Category:People from Grove Hill, Alabama]]
[[Category:University of Alabama School of Law alumni]]

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Silas Garrett III
Attorney General of Alabama
In office
1951–1954
GovernorGordon Persons
Preceded byAlbert A. Carmichael
Succeeded byBernard Sykes
Personal details
Born
Silas Coma Garrett III

(1913-03-28)March 28, 1913
Grove Hill, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 1967(1967-07-24) (aged 54)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Electra Jones
​
(m. 1941)​
[1]
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Alabama, University of Alabama Law School

Silas Coma Garrett III (March 28, 1913 – July 24, 1967) was an American politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Alabama for from 1951 to 1954.[2]

Garrett was born in Grove Hill, Alabama, the son of Judge Silas Coma Garrett Jr., probate judge of Clarke County, Alabama.[3] He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1933, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Chi fraternities,[4][5] and later served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2] Garrett served as an assistant attorney general of Alabama shortly after his graduation from law school at the age of 22, from 1935 until 1942, when he resigned in order to run for election as attorney general.[5][6] However, he eventually withdrew from the race in order to serve in the military for World War II.[7] Considered a promising prospect for the office for many years, he was eventually elected as Attorney General in 1951.[7][3]

On July 12, 1954, Garrett was indicted and arrested on one count of voter fraud alleged to have occurred in the Democratic primary election for Attorney General of June 1, 1954.[8][9] After his opponent Albert Patterson was murdered on June 18, 1954, Garrett was amongst three officials who were specifically indicted for Patterson's murder, along with Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller and Circuit Solicitor Arch Ferrell. Of the three, only Fuller was convicted; he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released after 10 years. Fuller died within the same year as his parole and claimed his innocence until his dying day.[10] Ferrell was acquitted and Garrett was never brought to trial as his charges were dropped by then-Attorney General Richmond Flowers,[5] as Garrett was convalescing in a mental institution in Texas for most of the year after Patterson's murder.[11][12][13] Garrett later resided in Montgomery, Alabama, until his death on July 24, 1967, after a brief illness.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Clipped From The Montgomery Advertiser". The Montgomery Advertiser. February 22, 1941. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Q3202". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
  3. ^ a b "Silas Garrett Announces For Attorney General". The Phenix-Girard Journal. Girard, Alabama. February 20, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Magazine of Sigma Chi". June 8, 1935 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c "Si Garrett Dies At 54". The Montgomery Advertiser. July 25, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Silas Coma Garrett To Make Race For Attorney General". The Tuskegee News. p. 4. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Attorney General Silas Coma Garrett III". The Montgomery Advertiser. January 7, 1951. p. 14. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "ALABAMA ARRESTS TOP LAW OFFICIAL; Its Attorney General Gives Up on Charge of Vote Fraud Against Slain Vice Foe". The New York Times. July 13, 1954.
  9. ^ "POLITICAL NOTES: The Attorney General". Time. July 26, 1954 – via content.time.com.
  10. ^ Eidsmoe, John, "Legalized Gambling, America's Bad Bet", 1995
  11. ^ "Arch Ferrell, Si Garrett, and Ralph Mathews". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
  12. ^ "Albert L. Patterson". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  13. ^ Mosely, Brian (December 15, 2005). "Cleaning up Phenix City". Shelbyville Times-Gazette.
  14. ^ "Silas Garrett Dies On Monday". The Selma Times-Journal. July 25, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Alabama
1950 		Succeeded by
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