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{{Short description|American politician}}
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'''Rufus King Garland Jr.''' (May 22, 1830 – December 12, 1886) was a farmer, lawyer, and politician in [[Arkansas]]. He represented [[Hempstead County, Arkansas]] in the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] before the American Civil War. He served in the [[Confederate Congress]] and was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.<ref name=ark/>▼
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|name=Rufus K. Garland, Jr.
|office1=Delegate to [[Constitution of Arkansas#1874 Constitutional Convention|1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention]]
|term_start1=July 14, 1874
|term_end1=September 7, 1874
|constituency1=Nevada County<ref>{{cite book |title=Annals of Arkansas |year=1947 |last= Herndon |first= Dallas T. |volume=1 |p=197 |publisher=The Historical Record Association |location=Hopkinsville, Kentucky |isbn=978-1-56546-450-6 |lccn=48002456 |oclc=3920841 |ref={{SfnRef|Annals|1947}} }}</ref>
|office2 = Member of the<br />[[Confederate House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Arkansas]]'s 2nd district
|term_start2 = November 8, 1864
|term_end2 = March 18, 1865
|predecessor2 = [[Grandison Royston]]
|successor2 = ''constituency abolished''
|state_house3=Arkansas
|district3=Hempstead County
|term_start3=November 1, 1858
|term_end3=May 6, 1861
|predecessor3=D. Block
|successor3=<!-- various -->
|birth_date= {{birth date|1830|5|22}}
|birth_place=[[Tipton County, Tennessee]]
|education=St. Joseph’s College
|profession=Farmer, politician
|relatives= [[Augustus Garland]] (brother)
|party=[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (pre-1861)<br>[[Democratic Party of Arkansas|Democratic]] (1861-1879)<br>[[Greenback Party|Greenback]] (after 1879)
|spouse= {{marriage |Isabella Sarah Walker |1853-02-22}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1886|12|12|1830|5|22}}
|death_place=Nevada County, Arkansas
|restingplace = [[Prescott, Arkansas]]
| allegiance = {{flag|CSA}}
| battles = [[American Civil War]]
| branch = [[Confederate States Army]]
| commands = [[4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment|4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Company B "Hempstead Hornets"]]
| serviceyears = 1861-{{c.|1862}}
| rank = [[File:Confederate States of America Captain.png|25px]] [[Captain (Confederate Army)|Captain]]
|footnotes=<ref>{{cite book |last1= Priest |first1= Sharon |author-link1=Sharon Priest |editor1-last= Runnells |editor1-first= Jonathan |title= Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State |pp=216-217, 226-228 |year= 1998 |publisher= Office of the [[Arkansas Secretary of State]] |isbn= 9780313302121 |oclc= 40157815 |ref={{harvid|"SOS"|1998}} }}</ref>
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▲'''Rufus King Garland Jr.''' (May 22, 1830 – December 12, 1886) was a farmer, lawyer, and politician in [[Arkansas]]. He represented [[Hempstead County, Arkansas]] in the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] before the American Civil War.
He was born in [[Tipton County, Tennessee|Tipton County]], [[Tennessee]], the older brother of [[Augustus Hill Garland]]. He moved to Arkansas and served in the [[Arkansas General Assembly|state legislature]] from 1858 to 1861. He served in the [[Confederate States Army]] and represented the state in the [[Second Confederate Congress]] from 1864 to 1865.▼
He represented Hempstead County at the [[1861 Arkansas Secession Convention]] alongside [[Alfred Carrigan]].<ref>{{SfnRef|Annals|1947|p. 165}}</ref>
He served in the [[Confederate Congress]] and was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.<ref name=ark/>
▲He was born in [[Tipton County, Tennessee|Tipton County]], [[Tennessee]], the older brother of [[Augustus
He died near Prescott, Arkansas.<ref name=ark>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jxlmbk1ELIC&q=rufus+k.+garland&pg=PA280|title=Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association|first=Arkansas Historical|last=Association|date=January 20, 1908|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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