Muscoe Garnett
| Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett | |
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| Member of the Confederate States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district | |
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In office February 18, 1862 – February 14, 1864 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Latane Montague |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district |
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In office December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1861 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas H. Bayly |
| Succeeded by | Joseph E. Segar |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Essex and King and Queen Counties | |
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In office 1854–1857 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Muse |
| Succeeded by | Thomas W. Garrett |
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July 25, 1821 Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia |
| Died | February 14, 1864 (aged 42) Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia |
| Cause of death | Typhoid fever |
| Resting place | Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Picton Stevens (m. 1860; his death 1864) |
| Relations |
James M. Garnett (grandfather) Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (uncle) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (July 25, 1821 – February 14, 1864), was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.
Garnett was born on his family’s "Elmwood" estate located near Loretto, Virginia. He was the son of James Mercer Garnett and Maria (nee Hunter) Garnett.
He was the grandson of James M. Garnett and nephew of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. He attended the University of Virginia, where he received his law degree in 1842. Garnett was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1842, and set up practice, as his father had done, in Loretto.
He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1851 where he opposed expansion of the electorate, fearing internal improvements that would benefit western counties. In 1850, he wrote a pamphlet The Union, Past and Future; how it works and how to save it. By a Citizen of Virginia, which discussed the relationship of slavery to the national government.
Prior to his election to Congress, he was a Virginia delegate to both the 1852 and 1856 Democratic National Conventions, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (from 1853–1856), and a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia (from 1855–1859).
In 1856, Garnett was elected as a Democrat from Virginia's 1st Congressional District to the 34th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Bayly. He was subsequently reelected to both the 35th and 36th Congresses, serving from December 1, 1856, to March 3, 1861, only leaving at the outbreak of the Civil War.
With his sympathies lying with the South, he became a delegate to first the Virginia secession convention and then to the State constitutional convention in 1861. From 1862–1864, he was a Virginian member of the First Confederate Congress. During that same time, his uncle Robert Hunter was the CSA Secretary of State and then a CSA Senator.
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