Abraham Ellison Garrett

Abraham Ellison Garrett (born near Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, March 6, 1830 - died February 14, 1907) a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.

He attended the public schools and Poplar Springs College, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Livingston, Tennessee. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Military service

He served as a lieutenant colonel of the First Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry, in the Union Army during the Civil War.

1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, U.S.A.: Recruiting for this regiment was begun October 1863, and two companies had been mustered into service by the end of 1863; other companies were added during 1864, the last one on November 30, 1864. Abraham E. Garrett was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel on March 18, 1864. The companies were organized at Nashville and at Carthage, and did duty in the District of Middle Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, until April 1865, when the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Subdistrict, District of Middle Tennessee.

Political career

He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865. He served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1865 and 1866. he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873) and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872. He then resumed the practice of law in Carthage Tennessee, where he died February 14, 1907 and was interred in Carthage Cemetery.

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