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George Tankard Garrison (January 14, 1835 – November 14, 1889) was aU.S. Representative fromVirginia.

Born inAccomack County, Virginia, Garrison was graduated fromDickinson College,Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1853 and from the law department of theUniversity of Virginia,Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1857.

He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice in Accomac.He served as a private in theConfederate States Army during theCivil War.He served as member of theVirginia House of Delegates during the period 1861–1863.He served in theSenate of Virginia in the years 1863–1865.He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Garrison was elected judge of the eighth Virginia circuit in 1870 and subsequently judge of the seventeenth circuit.

Garrison was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883).He successfully contested the election of Robert M. Mayo to theForty-eighth Congress and served from March 20, 1884, to March 3, 1885.He resumed the practice of law.

Garrison was elected judge of the county court ofAccomack County, Virginia.He died atAccomac, Virginia, November 14, 1889.

• 1880; Garrison was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 48.17% of the vote, defeating Republican John W. Woltz and Readjuster John Critcher.
• 1882; Garrison initially lost re-election to Readjuster Robert Murphy Mayo by one vote. The result of the race was contested and Garrison was seated in the House for a second term.

• United States Congress."George Tankard Garrison (id: G000084)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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