Augustus H. Garland

Augustus Garland
38th United States Attorney General
In office
March 6, 1885 – March 4, 1889
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Preceded byBenjamin H. Brewster
Succeeded byWilliam H. H. Miller
United States Senator
from Arkansas
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885
Preceded byPowell Clayton
Succeeded byJames Henderson Berry
11th Governor of Arkansas
In office
November 12, 1874 – January 11, 1877
Preceded byElisha Baxter
Succeeded byWilliam Read Miller
Confederate States Senator
from Arkansas
In office
November 8, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded byCharles B. Mitchel
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the
Confederate House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 3rd district
In office
February 18, 1862 – November 8, 1864
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byDavid Carroll
Delegate to the Confederate States Provisional Congress
from Arkansas
In office
May 18, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Augustus Hill Garland

(1832-06-11)June 11, 1832
Covington, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1899(1899-01-26) (aged 66)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeMount Holly Cemetery
Political partyWhig (before 1855)
American (1855–1859)
Constitutional Union (1859–1860)
Democratic (1860–1899)
EducationSt. Mary's College, Kentucky
St. Joseph's College, Kentucky (BA)
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Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832  – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but later served in both houses of the Congress of the Confederate States and the United States Senate, as well as becoming the 11th governor of Arkansas (1874–1877) and the 38th attorney general of the United States (1885–1889).[1]

  1. ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia vol. II p. 605