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Augustus Garland
Democrat · Senate · Arkansas · 1877–1885
Augustus Garland was a Democratic U.S. senator from Arkansas, serving 1877–1885. Cast 1,836 votes and missed 28.5%.
- Years in Congress
- 6
- Votes missed
- 28.5%
- Born
- 1832
- Died
- 1899
Biography
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but served in both houses of the Congress of the Confederate States and the United States Senate before becoming the 11th governor of Arkansas (1874–1877) and the 38th attorney general of the United States (1885–1889).
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Terms in office
- Senate, Arkansas1877–1885 · Democrat
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Capitol Receipts, “Augustus Garland (D-AR), Senate 1877–1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/G000065/augustus-garland (accessed 2026-10-14).