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Garrett Davis

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Born: September 10, 1801

Birthplace: Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Father: Jeremiah Davis 1768 – 1813
(Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky)​

Mother: Susannah Garrett 1772 – 1825
(Buried: Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Kentucky)​

1st​ Wife: Rebecca Trimble 1809 – 1844
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​

2nd​ Wife: Eliza Jane Morrow 1804 – 1868
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​

Children:

Rebecca Trimble Davis Henry​
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​
Robert Trimble Davis 1829 – 1875​
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​
Caroline Scott Davis Magowan 1831 – 1874​
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​
Garrett Morrow Davis 1851 – 1937​
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Unionist Party, and Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


Employee in the office of Montgomery County, Kentucky Clerk​

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Employee in the office of Bourbon County, Kentucky Clerk​
1823 – 1839: Attorney in Paris, Kentucky​
1833 – 1835: Kentucky State Representative​
1839 – 1847: United States Congressman from Kentucky​
1839 – 1841: Member House Post Office Expenditures Committee​
1839 – 1843: Member of House Territories Committee​
1841 – 1843: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1843 – 1845: Member of House Elections Committee​
1843 – 1845: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1845 – 1847: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee​
1846: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.​
1847 – 1861: Attorney and Farmer in Paris Kentucky​
1848: Declined Whig Party nomination for Lt. Governor of Kentucky​
1855: Declined Know Nothing nomination for Governor of Kentucky​
1856: Declined Know Nothing nomination for President​
1860: Supporter of Constitutional Union Party and John Bell Campaign​

Civil War Career:

Opposed Secession in the State of Kentucky​
1861: Elected U.S. Senator to fill vacancy of John C. Breckinridge​
1861 – 1872: United States Senator from Kentucky​
1861 – 1865: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1861 – 1863: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​
1863 – 1869: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1864: Voted against the 13th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution.​
1865 – 1869: Member of Senate Pensions Committee​

Occupation after War:

1867 – 1869: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​
1868: Voted against the impeachment of Pres. Andrew Johnson​
1869 – 1871: Member of Senate Audit and Control of Expense Committee​
1869 – 1872: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​

Died: September 22, 1872

Place of Death: Paris, Kentucky

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky
 
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