Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (July 25, 1821 – February 14, 1864), was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

[1] He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1851 where he opposed expansion of the electorate, fearing internal improvements that would benefit western counties.

In 1856, Garnett was elected as a Democrat from Virginia's 1st Congressional District to the 34th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Bayly.

[5] After his death, his widow married Edward Parke Custis Lewis, a diplomat, who was a great-great nephew of George Washington.

[6] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress