GARLAND, HUGH A.
\ɡˈɑːlənd], \ɡˈɑːlənd], \ɡ_ˈɑː_l_ə_n_d]\
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(1805-1854), a Virginia Assemblyman for five years, was clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1841. He secured a Democratic majority at the opening session, in 1839, by omitting the names of the contested New Jersey delegates.
By John Franklin Jameson
