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Byrum</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#871.87.27">Chester A. Crago</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#792.31.46">Garland Demspey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickerson.html#308.96.43">Jonathan Garland Dickerson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupper-durgin.html#134.91.41">Henry Garland Dupré</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#852.74.76">Garland Sevier Ferguson Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#200.70.84">Garland M. Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#328.23.78">Garland Franklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#164.93.24">Garland Smith Garriss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glover.html#162.53.01">Peter Garland Glover</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#903.85.93">Garland Gray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#535.86.24">Ellis Garland Graydon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green5.html#271.03.45">J. Garland Green</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hancock.html#079.62.83">Garland W. Hancock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvie-hasenfratz.html#128.31.65">Garland M. Harwood Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicklin-hickory.html#189.06.26">Garland Hickman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#469.23.87">Garland B. Lane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#583.37.33">Fritz Garland Lanham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#812.91.96">Garland McWatters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore4.html#885.28.69">Garland S. Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#010.23.19">Garland E. Moss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy4.html#589.68.07">Garland Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#630.15.79">Henry Remer Parrott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#744.89.60">John Wilkes Parsons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#779.12.15">Thomas Jefferson Parsons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#237.41.85">Garland Pendleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#398.41.37">John Garland Pollard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#424.00.05">E. Garland Ray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#771.56.40">W. Garland Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#368.95.15">Garland Rosauro</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#424.08.09">Garland E. Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scadden-schafe.html#957.33.99">Garland C. Scaggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#585.66.44">Garland Stevenson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sthuette-stigler.html#193.85.79">Garland F. Stickler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/street.html#447.30.14">Garland Street</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#163.81.86">Marie Tarvin-Garland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker4.html#974.24.50">Garland E. Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#693.43.69">Charles Elmer Waterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#025.16.77">Garland E. Webb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#096.11.45">Garland W. Webb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#527.61.42">Garland Harmon Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#511.59.68">Garland Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="885.54.71">Garland, Aaron P.</a> — of Needmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FU-parties.html">Chair of Fulton County Democratic Party</a>, 1937. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3GQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA128-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/640/06.15.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Augustus H. Garland"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="640.06.15">Garland, Augustus Hill</a> (1832-1899) — also known as Augustus H. Garland — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/TI-born.html">Tipton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/06-11.html">June 11, 1832</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/pr1860-meeting.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Arkansas secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress</a> 3rd District, 1862-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/AR.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1874-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1877-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1885-89. Slaveowner. Died suddenly while arguing a case before the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">Supreme Court</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/us-capitol.html">U.S. Capitol Building</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-26.html">January 26, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms00835">Mt. Holly Cemetery</a>, Little Rock, Ark. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#287.98.85">Rufus King Garland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA.html">Garland County, Ark.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-names.html">Garland, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Augustus H. Garland (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; sold private 1947, scrapped 1959) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000065">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404438">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/augustus-hill-garland/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Hill Garland">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="815.28.71">Garland, Benjamin G.</a> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="388.55.50">Garland, C. Earl</a> — of Bethlehem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-lived.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/bethlehem.html#2">Bethlehem, Pa.</a>, 1959-61. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="361.61.93">Garland, C. T.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="243.64.55">Garland, Charles H.</a> — of Des Plaines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/desplaines.html">Mayor of Des Plaines, Ill.</a>, 1941-45; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 7th District, 1944. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.05.71">Garland, Charles H.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/AZ.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="007.88.98">Garland, Clyde L.</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 133rd District, 1992; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cmagr.html">Texas commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 17th District, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.14.32">Garland, Danny II</a> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TN.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.88.50">Garland, David Shepherd</a> (1769-1841) — of Virginia. Born near New Glasgow (now Clifford), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-born.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/09-27.html">September 27, 1769</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1799-1802, 1805-09, 1814-15, 1819-26, 1832-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1809-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 20th District, 1810-11. Slaveowner. Died in Clifford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-died.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-07.html">October 7, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 10 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-buried.html#cms05385">a private or family graveyard</a>, Amherst County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#243.84.03">Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#630.56.44">Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1420.html">Garland family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404439">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.43.22">Garland, E. W.</a> — of Scottsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/AL.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Garland, Earl See <a href="#388.55.50">C. Earl Garland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="091.09.81">Garland, Frances Vaughan</a> — of Virginia. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/pr1992-meeting.html">1992</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="968.30.99">Garland, George D.</a> — of Lakewood, Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ellsworth.html#5">Lakewood, Maine</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.74.79">Garland, George W.</a> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Dover 3rd Ward; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="482.33.23">Garland, Gordon Hickman</a> (1898-1986) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TU-lived.html">Tulare County</a>, Calif. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/index.html">1898</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1937-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the California State Assembly</a>, 1940-42. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/index.html">1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="476.64.64">Garland, Harry</a> — of Grosse Pointe Shores, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grossepointe.html#F">Supervisor of Lake Township, Michigan</a>, 1955-69. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="237.66.48">Garland, Henry Lastrapes</a> (1826-1908) — also known as Henry L. Garland — of Opelousas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SL-lived.html">St. Landry Parish</a>, La. Born in Opelousas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SL-born.html">St. Landry Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/12-29.html">December 29, 1826</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/LA.html">1876</a>. Died in Opelousas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SL-died.html">St. Landry Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-28.html">December 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 365 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#763.11.86">Rice Garland</a> and Celeste Genevieve (Lastrapes) Garland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/10-28.html">October 28, 1852</a>, to Julia Lawrence Bullard.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="159.88.20">Garland, James</a> (1791-1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-lived.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va. Born in Ivy Depot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/06-06.html">June 6, 1791</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1835-41 (7th District 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39, 7th District 1839-41). Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-died.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-08.html">August 8, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-buried.html#cms00822">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Lynchburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000067">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404440">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.68.51">Garland, James T.</a> — also known as Jim Garland — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1987. Still living as of 1987. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Garland, Jim See <a href="#750.68.51">James T. Garland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="229.98.78">Garland, John C.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IL.html">1864</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="958.61.83">Garland, John Jewett</a> (1902-1968) — also known as John J. Garland — of San Marino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/04-20.html">April 20, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Realtor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-phi.html">Delta Phi</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/11-30.html">November 30, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00458">San Gabriel Cemetery</a>, San Gabriel, Calif.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms02846">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Fredonia, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#980.43.38">William May Garland</a> and Sadie Blanche (Hinman) Garland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-29.html">December 29, 1933</a>, to Helen Chandler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7906078">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.97.70">Garland, Jonathan</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/pr2008-election.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="026.44.73">Garland, Joseph</a> — of Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TI-lived.html">Tillman County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/frederick.html#2">Frederick, Okla.</a>, 1916-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="546.74.33">Garland, Leonard</a> — of Lansford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lansford.html#2">Burgess of Lansford, Pennsylvania</a>, 1937. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.42.91">Garland, Mahlon Morris</a> (1856-1920) — also known as Mahlon M. Garland — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-04.html">May 4, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html#M">U.S. Surveyor of Customs at Pittsburgh, Pa., Pennsylvania</a>, 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1915-20 (at-large 1915-17, 2nd District 1917-19, at-large 1919-20); died in office 1920. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-19.html">November 19, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms03500">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000068">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404441">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.23.00">Garland, O. D.</a> — of Jacksboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JK-lived.html">Jack County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/TX.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="639.47.44">Garland, Peter Adams</a> (1923-2005) — also known as Peter Garland — of Saco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-16.html">June 16, 1923</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/saco.html">mayor of Saco, Maine</a>, 1956-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/ME.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/ME.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 1st District, 1961-63; defeated, 1962, 1966. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/01-26.html">January 26, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-buried.html#cms04218">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Bath, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000069">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404442">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10390422">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="106.97.19">Garland, Ray</a> — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.68.93">Garland, Raymond</a> — United Sovereign Citizens candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1984. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="763.11.86">Garland, Rice</a> (1798-1863) — of Opelousas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SL-lived.html">St. Landry Parish</a>, La.; Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-lived.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/09-30.html">September 30, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 3rd District, 1834-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Louisiana state supreme court</a>, 1840-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-officials.html">Cameron County Judge</a>, 1853-54. Slaveowner. Died in Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-died.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/08-12.html">August 12, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-buried.html#cms08336">Old City Cemetery</a>, Brownsville, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rice Garland (1766-1818) and Elizabeth (Hamner) Garland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/03-28.html">March 28, 1826</a>, to Celeste Lastrapes; father of <a href="#237.66.48">Henry Lastrapes Garland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000070">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412150">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice Garland">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35603490">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="765.48.81">Garland, Robert F.</a> — of West York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/westyork.html#2">Burgess of West York, Pennsylvania</a>, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="287.98.85">Garland, Rufus King</a> (1830-1886) — of Arkansas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/TI-born.html">Tipton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/05-22.html">May 22, 1830</a>. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1858-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress</a> 2nd District, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention</a>, 1874; Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 2nd District, 1880; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1882. Died in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/NV-died.html">Nevada County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-12.html">December 12, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/HE-buried.html#cms08012">Old Washington Cemetery</a>, Washington, Ark. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#776.37.65">Rufus King</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rufus K. Garland and Barbara (Hill) Garland; brother of <a href="#640.06.15">Augustus Hill Garland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8542396">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.34.05">Garland, Sadie</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 17th District, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.66.58">Garland, Sadie E.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="243.84.03">Garland, Samuel Meredith</a> (1802-1880) — also known as Samuel M. Garland — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-lived.html">Amherst County</a>, Va. Born in New Glasgow (now Clifford), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-born.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/11-15.html">November 15, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Amherst County, 1861. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-died.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-29.html">January 29, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-buried.html# ">Garland Cemetery</a>, Amherst, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#348.88.50">David Shepherd Garland</a> and Mary Jane Henry (Meredith) Garland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/07-02.html">July 2, 1830</a>, to Mildred Jordan Powell; grandfather of <a href="#630.56.44">Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#229.37.23">Valentine Wood Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#906.59.34">Stephen Valentine Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1083.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1420.html">Garland family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/150327879">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="630.56.44">Garland, Samuel Meredith</a> (1861-1945) — also known as Samuel M. Garland — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Ore. Born in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-born.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/01-31.html">January 31, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; superintendent, Umatilla reservation Indian schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/OR.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1917-25. Suffered an accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> in his home, sustained a chest injury, and died a week later from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">hypostatic pneumonia</a>, in Lebanon General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-died.html">Linn County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-03.html">November 3, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 276 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-buried.html# ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. James Powell Garland and Lucy Virginia (Braxton) Garland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-12.html">October 12, 1892</a>, to Isabella LeRoy Kirkpatrick; grandson of <a href="#243.84.03">Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#348.88.50">David Shepherd Garland</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#229.37.23">Valentine Wood Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#906.59.34">Stephen Valentine Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1420.html">Garland family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Garland <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a>, which takes Santiam Highway (US-20) over the South Santiam River, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-names.html">Linn County, Oregon</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28389006">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="477.98.18">Garland, Sarah</a> — of Medford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="998.99.45">Garland, Solomon</a> — of Des Plaines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/desplaines.html#2">Village president of Des Plaines, Illinois</a>, 1879-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="559.97.75">Garland, Spottswood</a> — Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1912-election.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="651.35.21">Garland, Thomas S.</a> — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/huntington.html">Mayor of Huntington, W.Va.</a>, 1887-89, 1890-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="559.38.76">Garland, Tom</a> — of Tennessee. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a> 3rd District 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="613.32.31">Garland, Walter B.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 17th District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="980.43.38">Garland, William May</a> (1866-1948) — also known as William M. Garland — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Westport (now Westport Island), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-31.html">March 31, 1866</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CA.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a> (alternate). Died in Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-26.html">September 26, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00458">San Gabriel Cemetery</a>, San Gabriel, Calif.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms02846">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Fredonia, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Blanche Hinman; father of <a href="#958.61.83">John Jewett Garland</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7906080">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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