Garret D. Wall

Garret D. Wall

Garret Dorset Wall (born March 10, 1783 in Middletown , New Jersey , †  November 22, 1850 in Burlington , New Jersey) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of New Jersey in the US Senate .

After completing his schooling, Garret Wall studied law and was allowed to practice law in 1804, after which he opened a law firm in Burlington. During the British-American War of 1812 he commanded a volunteer regiment from Trenton . He then served from 1812 to 1817 as a clerk at the Supreme Court of New Jersey; He was also from 1815 to 1837 Quartermaster General of the state.

Wall was first politically active in 1827 as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In 1829 he succeeded Lucius Elmer as a federal attorney for the district of New Jersey; in the same year he was elected governor of the state but did not accept the election.

On March 4, 1835, Wall moved into the US Senate in Washington after a successful election . He spent a full six-year term there, but missed re-election in 1840 when he failed at the Whig Jacob W. Miller . In the Senate, among other things, he was chairman of the judicial committee . From 1848 until his death, Garret Wall then served as a judge on the Court of Errors and Appeals , the highest court at the state level at the time.

The Wall Township in New Jersey is named after Garret Wall. His son James also became a politician and was US Senator for a few weeks in 1863.

Web links

• Garret D. Wall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Garret D. Wall in the database of Find a Grave (English)