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Garfielde, Selucius

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1822, in Shoreham, Vt. He emigrated to California in 1851; was elected a member of the legislature of that state in 1852, and in 1853 was selected to codify the laws of the state. He removed to Washington territory in 1857, where he filled the position of receiver of public moneys in 1860; was surveyor-general from 1866 to 1869; and was elected a delegate to the fortyfirst congress and re-elected to the fortysecond congress as a republican. He died April 13, 1883, in Washington, D. C. was GARLAND, AUGUSTUS HILL, born June 11, 1832, in Tipton county, Tenn. He served in the confederate congress, and subsequently was chosen to the United States senate, but refused admission. In 1874 he was for a short time acting secretary of state of Arkansas, and was elected governor of that state in 1874.

In 1876 he was elected United States senator from Arkansas for the term of six years from 1877, and was re-elected for another term in 1882. In 1885 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States in the cabinet of President Cleveland.