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Rice Garland
Rice Garland (September 30, 1799August 13, 1863) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Louisiana from 1834 to 1840. Biography Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession. Congress Garland was elected from the Louisiana's 3rd congressional district as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1833 to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Adams Bullard. He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig Party (United States), Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, in which he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War. Garland served in Congress from April 28, 1834, to July 21, 1840, when he resigned to accept an appointme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after the passage of the 19th Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement. Since 1913, the number of voting representatives h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
