Garrett Davis

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Garrett Davis

Garrett Davis (born September 10, 1801 in Mount Sterling , Montgomery County , Kentucky , †  September 22, 1872 in Paris , Kentucky) was an American politician who represented the state of Kentucky in both chambers of Congress .

Life

After completing his schooling, Garrett Davis got a job in the administration of Montgomery County; later he moved to Bourbon County in the same capacity . After completing his law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1823 and began practicing in Paris, the administrative center of Bourbon County.

He held his first political mandate as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives between 1833 and 1835. In 1838 he was elected for the Whigs in the US House of Representatives, to which he belonged from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1847; there he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on Territories .

In 1846 Davis decided not to run again to instead work again as a lawyer and in agriculture. He turned down several offers to return to politics: the nomination as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1848, the candidacy for governor by the American Party in 1855, and finally the option of this party's candidate for the US presidency in 1856 .

As an opponent of secession , Davis returned to political life in 1860. The following year he was elected to the US Senate as a candidate for the Constitutional Union Party , an association of former Whig and American Party members ; after the collapse of this party, he began his second term as a Democrat . Davis died in office in 1872.

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