Rufus King Garland

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Rufus King Garland junior (born May 22, 1830 in Covington , Tennessee , † December 12, 1886 in Prescott , Arkansas ) was an American lawyer , plantation owner , Methodist preacher and politician . He also served as an officer in the Confederate Army . The politician Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) was his brother.

Career

Rufus King Garland Jr. was born in Tipton County in 1830 . The family moved to Arkansas as a child and settled in Hempstead County . Nothing is known about his youth. At one point he studied law and then began practicing law after receiving his license. He married Isabelle Walker, daughter of David Walker, the wealthiest man in Hempstead County. The marriage remained childless. Garland had a thousand acres large plantation . Between 1858 and 1861 he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives . He was a member of the Whig Party until 1860 and the Democratic Party after its dissolution . After the Arkansas Secession and the outbreak of the Civil War , he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He took part in the Arkansas campaigns in 1863. At that time he was serving in the Army of Tennessee and holding the rank of colonel . In 1863 he was elected to the Second Confederate Congress by a military election for the second constituency of Arkansas , as most of Arkansas was occupied by the Union . He took up his post on February 18, 1864 and served there until the end of the Confederation. In 1874 he participated as a delegate to the Arkansas Constituent Assembly . At that time he was a member of the Greenback Party . Garland then ran unsuccessfully in the second constituency of Arkansas for the US House of Representatives in 1880 and in 1882 for the office of governor of Arkansas. He died in Prescott in 1886 and was then buried in the Old Washington Cemetery in Washington, Arkansas.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Shinn, Josiah Hazen: Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1967, ISBN 9780806303116 , p. 308
  2. ^ A b Graham, William Alexander: The Papers of William Alexander Graham 1866-1868 , State Department of Archives and History, 1984, ISBN 9780865262126 , pp. 543f
  3. ^ List of United States political families (G) - The Garlands

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personal data
SURNAME Garland, Rufus King
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garland, Rufus King Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, plantation owner, Methodist preacher, politician, and officer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Covington , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1886
Place of death Prescott , Arkansas