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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John Daniel "Danny" Garrett
| office=Alabama State Representative<br> for District 44 (Jefferson County)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Arthur Payne
| birth_date=1957
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Carol Sisson Garrett
| children=Jacob, John, and Nicholas Garrett
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Trussville<br>Jefferson County<br>[[Alabama]]
}}
'''John Daniel Garrett''', known as '''Danny Garrett''' (born 1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Danny-Garrett/Trussville-AL|title=Danny Garrett|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from Trussville in [[suburb]]an Birmingham, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 44 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within populous Jefferson County in the north central portion of his state.
Garrett holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (1980) in Commerce and Business Administration and a [[Master of Arts]] (1981) in Tax Accounting from the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. He received his [[CPA]] license in 1983. Since 2009, he has been chief financial officer of Vulcan Steel Products in Birmingham. He formerly held the same positions at Birmingham Steel Corporation, North American Bus industries, and Progress Rail Services. He is a former vice president of the Trussville City School Board. He is the chairman of the [[deacon]]s of First [[Baptist]] Church of Trussville, at which he sits on the finance and personnel committees and teaches Sunday school for high school seniors. He is a member of the Trussville Rotary International. Garrett and his wife, the former Carol Sisson, have three grown sons, Jacob, John, and Nicholas.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149938/danny-garrett#.We41cbpFzb0|title=Danny Garrett's Biography|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
In the Republican [[primary]] for House District 44 on June 3, 2014, Garrett defeated two intra-party rivals, John Amari and Joe Freeman. Garrett received 3,506 votes (52.5 percent); Amari, 2,449 (36.7 percent), and Freeman, 725 (10.9 percent). The position opened when the incumbent Republican, Arthur Payne, did not seek reelection. Garrett then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district..<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Danny_Garrett|title=Danny Garrett|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
Garrett sits on these House committees: (1) Commerce and Small Business, (2) Education Policy, (3) Jefferson County Legislation, and (4) Ways and Means Education.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative Garrett voted for the use of electrocution in executions. He voted against the requirement that animal shelters prepare monthly reports. He supported legislation calling for the establishment of public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He opposed the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Garrett supported legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation [[abortion]]s in Alabama. He opposed additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, Garrett voted to permit midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/149938/danny-garrett#.We5X27pFzb0|title=Danny Garrett's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
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| name=John Daniel "Danny" Garrett
| office=Alabama State Representative<br> for District 44 (Jefferson County)
| term_start=November 5, 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Arthur Payne
| birth_date=1957
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Carol Sisson Garrett
| children=Jacob, John, and Nicholas Garrett
| alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Trussville<br>Jefferson County<br>[[Alabama]]
}}
'''John Daniel Garrett''', known as '''Danny Garrett''' (born 1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Danny-Garrett/Trussville-AL|title=Danny Garrett|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from Trussville in [[suburb]]an Birmingham, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 44 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within populous Jefferson County in the north central portion of his state.
Garrett holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (1980) in Commerce and Business Administration and a [[Master of Arts]] (1981) in Tax Accounting from the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. He received his [[CPA]] license in 1983. Since 2009, he has been chief financial officer of Vulcan Steel Products in Birmingham. He formerly held the same positions at Birmingham Steel Corporation, North American Bus industries, and Progress Rail Services. He is a former vice president of the Trussville City School Board. He is the chairman of the [[deacon]]s of First [[Baptist]] Church of Trussville, at which he sits on the finance and personnel committees and teaches Sunday school for high school seniors. He is a member of the Trussville Rotary International. Garrett and his wife, the former Carol Sisson, have three grown sons, Jacob, John, and Nicholas.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149938/danny-garrett#.We41cbpFzb0|title=Danny Garrett's Biography|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
In the Republican [[primary]] for House District 44 on June 3, 2014, Garrett defeated two intra-party rivals, John Amari and Joe Freeman. Garrett received 3,506 votes (52.5 percent); Amari, 2,449 (36.7 percent), and Freeman, 725 (10.9 percent). The position opened when the incumbent Republican, Arthur Payne, did not seek reelection. Garrett then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district..<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Danny_Garrett|title=Danny Garrett|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
Garrett sits on these House committees: (1) Commerce and Small Business, (2) Education Policy, (3) Jefferson County Legislation, and (4) Ways and Means Education.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2015, Representative Garrett voted for the use of electrocution in executions. He voted against the requirement that animal shelters prepare monthly reports. He supported legislation calling for the establishment of public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He opposed the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He voted to increase the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Garrett supported legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation [[abortion]]s in Alabama. He opposed additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, Garrett voted to permit midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. He voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/149938/danny-garrett#.We5X27pFzb0|title=Danny Garrett's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrett, Danny}}
[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]