Abraham Ellison Garrett

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Abraham Ellison Garrett (born March 6, 1830 in Livingston , Overton County , Tennessee , †  February 14, 1907 in Carthage , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1873 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abraham Garrett attended his home public schools and Poplar Springs College in Kentucky . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to practice in Livingston in his new profession. He also worked in agriculture. During the civil war he was a lieutenant colonel in the Union army . He belonged to a unit from Tennessee. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In 1865, Garrett was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Tennessee Constitution. From 1865 to 1866 he also sat as a member of the State House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1870 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded William Brickly Stokes on March 4, 1871 . Since he in the elections of 1872 the Republicans William Crutchfield was defeated, he could only one term in until March 3, 1873 Congress completed.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Garrett withdrew from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on February 14, 1907 in Carthage.

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SURNAME Garrett, Abraham Ellison
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH at Livingston , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1907
Place of death Carthage , Tennessee