Preceded by Richard L. T. Beale Preceded by Oswald Finney Succeeded by Thomas Croxton Political party Democratic Party | Preceded by Robert M. Mayo Name George Garrison Succeeded by Robert M. Mayo Succeeded by Samuel Powell Rank Private | |
Role Former Virginia State Senator Died November 14, 1889, Accomac, Virginia, United States Previous office Virginia State Senator (1863–1865) Education Dickinson College, University of Virginia | ||
Battles and wars American Civil War | ||
George Tankard Garrison (January 14, 1835 – November 14, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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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. He was interred in Edge Hill Cemetery.