Garret S. Cannon

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Garret S. Cannon
New Jersey State Assembly
Personal details
Born(1818-03-01)March 1, 1818
Rutgers, BA (1833)
ProfessionLawyer

Garret S. Cannon (March 1, 1818 – April 21, 1889) was a lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey under two presidents.[1]

Biography

Born in Somerset, New Jersey, Garret was born to a professor and a house wife.[2] At 18 he graduated Rutgers in 1833,[3] and soon began to practice law in Mount Holly. He would go on to be a part of the New Jersey State Assembly, and later serve as the United States Attorney for the district of New Jersey[4] from 1853 to 1861.[5][6] He would go out to live out the rest of his life in Bordentown, New Jersey[7] until his death in 1889.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Office History". www.justice.gov. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  2. ^ a b The New Jersey Law Journal, Volumes 8-9. New Jersey Historical Society.
  3. ^ "Inventory to the Rutgers University Biographical Files: Alumni (Classes of 1774-1922)". www2.scc.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald (1912). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey.
  5. ^ "Appointments by the President". New York Daily Times. April 22, 1853.
  6. ^ Shaw, William (1884). History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey: Volume 2. Everts & Peck.
  7. ^ Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society: Volumes 1-2. New Jersey Historical Society. 1847.