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- Garrett_Davis abstract "Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) 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. This convinced him to reenter politics, and he was elected by a Unionist Party position in 1861 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of John C. Breckinridge. He was reelected as a Democrat in 1867 and served from December 10, 1861, until his death in Paris, Kentucky, in 1872. He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. He was interred in Paris Cemetery.Garrett Davis is the namesake of Davis County, Iowa.".
- Garrett_Davis activeYearsEndDate "1843-03-03".
- Garrett_Davis activeYearsEndDate "1847-03-03".
- Garrett_Davis activeYearsStartDate "1839-03-04".
- Garrett_Davis activeYearsStartDate "1843-03-04".
- Garrett_Davis birthDate "1801-09-10".
- Garrett_Davis birthPlace Mt._Sterling,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis deathDate "1872-09-22".
- Garrett_Davis deathPlace Paris,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis party Unionist_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis region Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis region Kentuckys_12th_congressional_district.
- Garrett_Davis region Kentuckys_8th_congressional_district.
- Garrett_Davis seniority "Junior".
- Garrett_Davis thumbnail Hon._Garrett_Davis,_Ky_-_NARA_-_528757.jpg?width=300.
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Bourbon_County,_Kentucky.
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1872_deaths.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Democratic_Party_United_States_Senators.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kentucky_Democrats.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kentucky_State_Senators.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kentucky_Unionists.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kentucky_Whigs.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kentucky_lawyers.
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Whig_Party_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Charles_S._Morehead.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Clerk_(municipal_official).
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Constitutional_Union_Party_(United_States).
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Governor_of_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink James_Guthrie_(Kentucky).
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink James_Sprigg.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_C._Breckinridge.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_Chambers_(politician).
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink John_W._Stevenson.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky.
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Kentuckys_8th_congressional_district.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Know_Nothing.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Lazarus_W._Powell.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Montgomery_County,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Mt._Sterling,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Paris,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_C._McCreery.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink U.S._House_Committee_on_Territories.
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- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLink Willis_Benson_Machen.
- Garrett_Davis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Garrett Davis".
- Garrett_Davis after Charles_S._Morehead.
- Garrett_Davis after Willis_Benson_Machen.
- Garrett_Davis after "Seat lost to redistricting".
- Garrett_Davis alongside James_Guthrie_(Kentucky).
- Garrett_Davis alongside John_W._Stevenson.
- Garrett_Davis alongside Lazarus_W._Powell.
- Garrett_Davis alongside Thomas_C._McCreery.
- Garrett_Davis before James_Sprigg.
- Garrett_Davis before John_C._Breckinridge.
- Garrett_Davis before John_Chambers_(politician).
- Garrett_Davis birthDate "1801-09-10".
- Garrett_Davis birthPlace Mt._Sterling,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis class "3".
- Garrett_Davis deathDate "1872-09-22".
- Garrett_Davis deathPlace Paris,_Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis district "12".
- Garrett_Davis district "8".
- Garrett_Davis imageName "Hon. Garrett Davis, Ky - NARA - 528757.jpg".
- Garrett_Davis sr "Junior".
- Garrett_Davis name "Garrett Davis".
- Garrett_Davis nationality "American".
- Garrett_Davis party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis party Unionist_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- Garrett_Davis preceded James_Sprigg.
- Garrett_Davis preceded John_C._Breckinridge.
- Garrett_Davis preceded John_Chambers_(politician).
- Garrett_Davis profession "Politician, lawyer".
- Garrett_Davis state Kentucky.
- Garrett_Davis state "Kentucky".
- Garrett_Davis succeeded Charles_S._Morehead.
- Garrett_Davis succeeded Willis_Benson_Machen.