George Tankard Garrison Explained

George Tankard Garrison
State:Virginia
District:1st
Party:Democratic
Term Start:March 4, 1881
Term End:March 3, 1883
Preceded:Richard L. T. Beale
Succeeded:Robert M. Mayo
Term Start2:March 20, 1884
Term End2:March 3, 1885
Preceded2:Robert M. Mayo
Succeeded2:Thomas Croxton
Office3:Member of the Virginia Senate from Accomack and Northampton Counties
Term3:1863  - 1865
Predecessor3:Oswald Finney
Successor3:Samuel Powell
Office4:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Accomack County
Term4:1862  - 1863
Predecessor4:Arthur Watson
Successor4:Thomas Parramore
Birth Date:14 January 1835
Birth Place:Accomack County, Virginia
Death Place:Accomac, Virginia
Spouse:Charlotte Ailworth
Occupation:Attorney
Alma Mater:Dickinson College
University of Virginia
Battles:American Civil War
Rank:Private
Allegiance:Confederate States of America
Branch:Confederate States Army

George Tankard Garrison (January 14, 1835 – November 14, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Early life and education

Born in Accomack County, Virginia, Garrison was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1853 and from the law department of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1857.

Career

He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Accomac.He served as a private in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates during the period 1861 - 1863.He served in the Senate of Virginia in the years 1863 - 1865.He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Garrison was elected judge of the eighth Virginia circuit in 1870 and subsequently judge of the seventeenth circuit.

Garrison was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881  - March 3, 1883).He successfully contested the election of Robert M. Mayo to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 20, 1884, to March 3, 1885.He resumed the practice of law.

Later life and death

Garrison was elected judge of the county court of Accomack County, Virginia.He died at Accomac, Virginia, November 14, 1889.

Elections