Daniel E. Garrett

Daniel Edward Garrett (* April 28, 1869 in Springfield, Tennessee, † December 13, 1932 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1932 he represented several times the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Garrett attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree in 1893 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in his birthplace of Springfield in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1892 and 1896 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Tennessee. From 1902 to 1905 Garrett was a member of the State Senate. In 1905 he moved to Houston, Texas, where he practiced law.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Garrett was selected in the then newly established 17th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he took his seat on March 4, 1913. Since he has not been confirmed in 1914, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915. He then worked again as a lawyer. Two years later, Garrett was re-elected in the 17th District in Congress, where he replaced James Harvey Davis on March 4, 1917 the 1915 was become his successor. In 1918 he gave up another candidacy. So he could only spend a term in the U.S. House of Representatives until March 3, 1919 again, which was shaped by the events of the First World War.

In the elections of 1920, Garrett was elected to Congress again in the eighth election district of his state, where he replaced Joe H. Eagle on March 4, 1921. After five elections he could remain until his death on 13 December 1932 at the Congress. In the special election due his predecessor Joe Eagle was also chosen as his successor.