Garrett Davis
U.S. Congressperson
1801 – 1872
Who was Garrett Davis?
Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon County, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823, whereafter he commenced practice in Paris, Kentucky.
Davis served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835. Afterward, he was elected as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1847. There he was chairman of the Committee on Territories.
Davis declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1846, but instead resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He refused to reenter politics the next fifteen years. Davis declined the nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1848, and declined the American Party nomination for Governor in 1855 and for the presidency in 1856.
Davis was opposed to secession, however, and supported the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1801
Mount Sterling - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 22, 1872
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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