Clyde Leonard Garrett (December 16, 1885 – December 18, 1959) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

Gorman, Texas Gorman is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 976 at the 2020 census, down from 1,083 at the 2010 census. Geography Gorman is located in southeastern Eastland County. Texas State Highway 6 passes through the comm ...

, Garrett attended the public schools and Hankins' Normal College in his native city. Raised on a farm. He worked as a railroad section hand. He taught school at

Sweetwater, Texas Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene. Its population was 10,622 at the 2020 census. History The town's name "Sweetwater" is the ...

, in 1906 and 1907. Deputy in the office of the tax collector 1907-1912. County clerk of

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from 1913 to 1919. He engaged in the real estate, insurance, and banking businesses 1920-1922. City manager of the city of

Eastland, Texas Eastland is a city in Eastland County, Texas, Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,609 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Eastland County. History The recession of 1921 exacerbated raci ...

, in 1922 and 1923. County judge 1929-1936. Garrett was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940. Administrative officer in the office of the Secretary of Commerce from January 15, 1941, to May 1, 1942, at which time he became staff specialist in the Office of War Information and served until October 15, 1943. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination to the Seventy-ninth Congress in 1944. Technical assistant,

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, Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas from 1949 to 1950. Manager, Veterans Administration regional office,

Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and Interstate 35, I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin, Texas, Austin. The city had a U.S. census estimated 2024 popul ...

from 1951 to 1956. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Eastland County judgeship in 1958. He died in

, December 18, 1959. He was interred in Eastland Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrett, Clyde Leonard 1885 births 1959 deaths People from Gorman, Texas Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives