Garland, Augustus Hill

Life Span
to
Full name
Augustus Hill Garland
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Other
Other Education
St. Mary’s College, KY; St. Joseph’s College, KY
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Confederate government (1861-65)
US Senate
Governor

Augustus Hill Garland (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
GARLAND, Augustus Hill, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Tipton County, Tenn., June 11, 1832; moved with his parents to Hempstead County, Ark., in 1833; attended St. Mary’s College and graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Kentucky in 1849; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Washington, Ark.; moved to Little Rock in 1856; Union delegate to the State convention that passed the ordinance of secession in 1861; member of the provisional congress that met in Montgomery, Ala., in May 1861 and subsequently of the Confederate Congress and served in both houses; elected to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1867, but was not permitted to take his seat, as Arkansas had not been readmitted to representation; Governor of Arkansas 1874-1876; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1876; reelected in 1883, and served from March 4, 1877, to March 6, 1885, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet post; chairman, Committee on Territories (Forty-sixth Congress); appointed Attorney General by President Grover Cleveland, and served 1885-1889; resumed the practice of law in Little Rock; died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1899; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
"Garland, Augustus Hill," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000065.
How to Cite This Page: "Garland, Augustus Hill," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5701.