The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Abraham E. Garrett

(March 6, 1830 — February 14, 1907) Garrett was a politician, lawyer, and businessman. Abraham Ellison Garrett was born in Livingston, Tennessee in 1830. He attended Poplar Springs College, in Kentucky, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Livingston, Tennessee, and also worked in agriculture. During the Civil War, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army. After the war, he served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865, and as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1865 to 1866. Garrett was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000079]

Member of Tennessee Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 [this display].

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