Show DEATH OF OAKLAND GARLAND former attorney gereral do dow R kl hn title addari saeng MIB the court washington jan 27 lormer 1 oriner attorney general Augus augustus tuti it II aarland was wa stricken with apoplexy while addressing the united states supreme court at 13 12 I 1 11 a clolk bests yesterday aday utter noon and died within ten minutes tho the occurrence occur renco came with startling and tragic changing the usual cal calm in and dignity of the court into temporary confusion while the dying man was cari can led ii fi OKI am the chamber in a futile effort to alleviate hta his condition augustus hill gailand atas born in tipton counte count tennessee juno june 11 1811 1831 before lie he was a year old his parents removed to arkansas lie he was educated at st mary s college lebanon ky lie ile read law there and in arkansas and was admitted to the bar in 1853 A after f ter practicing lit at that place for three years lie he removed to little rock ue was as a na lily hig in politics and in 1800 1860 wits was an el cloi on the hell bell and everett ile he was an opponent of the SCLess secession ion ordinance in the state convention but after its passage ho he espoused the southern cause and was a member of the provisional congress that met in montgomery ry la in may 1801 1861 ile he was mas c chosen bosen a delegate to the first confederate congress find and afterwards after warda served in the senate in which lie he held a seat when the confederacy fell ile he was elected united beates senator for the term beginning march 4 1867 hut but was not permitted to take his seat scat in 1874 after serving a short time as acting secretary of state be was elected governor of arkansas under tile the new state constitution in january 1870 1876 ho ha was ats kilt bint to the united states senate aad and was ans re elected in 1883 serving hairl march I 1 1877 to march 1885 when ho he took his seat as attorney general in Imah prisident lent cleveland s cabi net lie ile was offered and declined a supreme coutt at the close of the cleveland administration he retired from poli polities and practiced law in his city appearing chiefly be ba fore the united unita d states mates supreme court |