Muscoe Russell Hunter 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 |
| Resting place | Elmwood, Loretto, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Picton |
| Children | two |
| 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 the son of James Mercer Garnett and Maria (Hunter) Garnett. He was the grandson of James M. Garnett and nephew of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. He was born on his family’s "Elmwood" estate (located near Loretto, Virginia). 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. [1]
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. During that time (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.[2]
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).
He was married on July 26, 1860, to Mary Picton, daughter of Edwin Stevens. They had two children before his early death: James Mercer Garnett, born July 7, 1861, and Mary Barton Picton Garnett, born May 28, 1863.[3]
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