# Rice Garland

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**Rice Garland** (September 30, 1799 – August 13, 1863) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and slaveholder who served as a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana) from 1834 to 1840.[1]

## Biography

Garland was born in [Lynchburg, Virginia](/source/Lynchburg%2C_Virginia), and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to [Opelousas, Louisiana](/source/Opelousas%2C_Louisiana), in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession.

### Congress

Garland was elected from the [Louisiana's 3rd congressional district](/source/Louisiana's_3rd_congressional_district) as an [Anti-Jacksonian](/source/Anti-Jacksonian) in 1833 to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Henry Adams Bullard](/source/Henry_Adams_Bullard). He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, in which he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.

### Later career and death

Garland served in Congress from April 28, 1834, to July 21, 1840, when he resigned to accept an appointment as judge of the [Supreme Court of Louisiana](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Louisiana). He served in that capacity, with residence in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), until 1846. In 1846, he moved to [Brownsville, Texas](/source/Brownsville%2C_Texas), and continued the practice of law until his death.

He died in Brownsville in 1863.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WaPo_1-0)** Weil, Julie Zauzmer (January 10, 2022). ["More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/). [Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post). Retrieved May 5, 2024. Database at ["Congress slaveowners"](https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-congress-slaveowners), *The Washington Post*, January 13, 2022, retrieved April 29, 2024

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Henry Adams Bullard Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1834 – 1840 Succeeded by John Moore

v t e United States representatives from Louisiana 1st district E. Livingston White H. Johnson White Slidell La Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry B. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise 2nd district Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J. A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney H. Boggs Maloney H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond Carter 3rd district Brent Overton Bullard Garland J. Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melançon J. M. Landry Boustany Higgins 4th district Bossier Morse J. Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming M. Johnson 5th district Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham Letlow 6th district Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick H. Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves Fields 7th district Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauché Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany 8th district Aswell Overton Dear Allen G. S. "Doc" Long McSween G. W. Long S. Long G. W. Long C. Long Holloway At-large Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan Territory Clark Poydras

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