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] 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.