US Con Davis, Garrett - U.S. Senator, KY

Garrett Davis​

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)​

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Robert Trimble Davis 1829 – 1875​

(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​

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Caroline Scott Davis Magowan 1831 – 1874​

(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)​

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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​

Employee in the office of Bourbon County, Kentucky Clerk​

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1823 – 1839: Attorney in Paris, Kentucky​

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1833 – 1835: Kentucky State Representative​

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1839 – 1847: United States Congressman from Kentucky​

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1839 – 1841: Member House Post Office Expenditures Committee​

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1839 – 1843: Member of House Territories Committee​

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1841 – 1843: Member of House Judiciary Committee​

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1843 – 1845: Member of House Elections Committee​

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1843 – 1845: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​

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1845 – 1847: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee​

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1846: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.​

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1847 – 1861: Attorney and Farmer in Paris Kentucky​

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1848: Declined Whig Party nomination for Lt. Governor of Kentucky​

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1855: Declined Know Nothing nomination for Governor of Kentucky​

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1856: Declined Know Nothing nomination for President​

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1860: Supporter of Constitutional Union Party and John Bell Campaign​

Civil War Career:

Opposed Secession in the State of Kentucky​

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1861: Elected U.S. Senator to fill vacancy of John C. Breckinridge​

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1861 – 1872: United States Senator from Kentucky​

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1861 – 1865: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​

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1861 – 1863: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​

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1863 – 1869: Member of Senate Territories Committee​

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1864: Voted against the 13th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution.​

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1865 – 1869: Member of Senate Pensions Committee​

Occupation after War:

1867 – 1869: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​

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1868: Voted against the impeachment of Pres. Andrew Johnson​

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1869 – 1871: Member of Senate Audit and Control of Expense Committee​

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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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When he was elected as U.S. Senator from Kentucky he took the seat vacated by the expulsion of John C. Breckinridge.