Garrett Lee Withers, a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Withers was born on a farm in Webster County, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1908. He was a practicing attorney in Webster County, 1911-1953. He was elected clerk of Webster County Circuit Court and served 1910-1912, and was master commissioner there 1913-1917.
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- Garrett Lee Withers, a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Withers was born on a farm in Webster County, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1908. He was a practicing attorney in Webster County, 1911-1953. He was elected clerk of Webster County Circuit Court and served 1910-1912, and was master commissioner there 1913-1917. He served as a member of the Kentucky Highway Commission 1932-1936; as a referee in bankruptcy 1941-1945; and as an appointed commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Highways 1947-1949. He was appointed on January 20, 1949, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alben W. Barkley to become Vice President of the United States. Withers served from January 20, 1949, to November 26, 1950. Withers was not a candidate for election to the seat to which he was appointed. Withers won election to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1951 and then won a special election (due to the death of Rep. John A. Whitaker) on August 2, 1952 to the United States House of Representatives. He served as a Democrat in the Eighty-second Congress and was reelected to the Eighty-third Congress and served from August 2, 1952, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Maryland on April 30, 1953.
- Garrett Lee Withers war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Staat Kentucky in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat. Garrett Withers kam auf einer Farm in Kentucky zur Welt. Nach dem Besuch der Normalschule und einem Jurastudium wurde er 1908 in die Anwaltskammer aufgenommen. Von 1911 bis 1953 arbeitete er als Prozessanwalt im Webster County. Während dieser Zeit bekleidete er diverse weitere öffentliche Ämter; so war er Verwaltungsbeamter am Kreisgericht des Webster County (1910–1912), Oberbeamter am selben Gerichtshof (1913–1917), Mitglied der Kentucky Highway Commission (1932–1936), Schiedsmann in Bankrottfällen (1941–1945) und Leiter der Autobahnbehörde von Kentucky (1947–1949). Als Alben W. Barkley am 20. Januar 1949 sein Mandat im US-Senat niederlegte, um Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten zu werden, wurde Garrett Withers zu dessen Nachfolger im Kongress berufen. Er verblieb dort bis zum 26. November 1950; für die Wahl zu diesem Senatssitz wurde er nicht nominiert. Nachdem er 1951 dem Repräsentantenhaus von Kentucky angehört hatte, gewann Withers am 2. August 1952 eine Nachwahl zum US-Repräsentantenhaus, die durch den Tod des demokratischen Abgeordneten John A. Whitaker notwendig geworden war. Auch die Wiederwahl entschied er für sich. Garrett Withers verstarb jedoch noch während seiner zweiten Amtszeit am 30. April 1953 im Bethesda Naval Hospital.
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- Garrett Lee Withers, a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Withers was born on a farm in Webster County, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1908. He was a practicing attorney in Webster County, 1911-1953. He was elected clerk of Webster County Circuit Court and served 1910-1912, and was master commissioner there 1913-1917.
- Garrett Lee Withers war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Staat Kentucky in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat. Garrett Withers kam auf einer Farm in Kentucky zur Welt. Nach dem Besuch der Normalschule und einem Jurastudium wurde er 1908 in die Anwaltskammer aufgenommen. Von 1911 bis 1953 arbeitete er als Prozessanwalt im Webster County.
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