Rufus K. Garland, Jr. | |
Office1: | Delegate to 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention |
Term Start1: | July 14, 1874 |
Term End1: | September 7, 1874 |
Constituency1: | Nevada County[1] |
Office2: | Member of the Confederate House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district |
Term Start2: | November 8, 1864 |
Term End2: | March 18, 1865 |
Predecessor2: | Grandison Royston |
Successor2: | constituency abolished |
State House3: | Arkansas |
District3: | Hempstead County |
Term Start3: | November 1, 1858 |
Term End3: | May 6, 1861 |
Predecessor3: | D. Block |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1830 |
Birth Place: | Tipton County, Tennessee |
Education: | St. Joseph’s College |
Profession: | Farmer, politician |
Relatives: | Augustus Garland (brother) |
Party: | Whig (pre-1861) Democratic (1861-1879) Greenback (after 1879) |
Death Place: | Nevada County, Arkansas |
Serviceyears: | 1861- |
Rank: | Captain |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Rufus King Garland Jr. (May 22, 1830 - December 12, 1886) was a farmer, lawyer, and politician in Arkansas. He represented Hempstead County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives before the American Civil War.
He represented Hempstead County at the 1861 Arkansas Secession Convention alongside Alfred Carrigan.
He served in the Confederate Congress and was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.
He was born in Tipton County, Tennessee, the older brother of Augustus Garland. He moved to Arkansas and served in the state legislature from 1858 to 1861. He served in the Confederate States Army and represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.
He died near Prescott, Arkansas.[3]