Garret Dorset Wall | |
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| United States Senator fromNew Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore Frelinghuysen |
| Succeeded by | Jacob W. Miller |
| United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office 1829–1835 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Lucius Elmer |
| Succeeded by | James S. Green |
| Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly | |
| In office 1827 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1783-03-10)March 10, 1783 |
| Died | November 22, 1850(1850-11-22) (aged 67) |
| Party | Democratic-Republican,Democrat |
| Profession | Politician,Lawyer,Judge |
Garret Dorset Wall (March 10, 1783 – November 22, 1850) was a military officer and Senator fromNew Jersey. He was elected asgovernor of New Jersey, but refused to assume office.
Born inMiddletown Township, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807, and commenced practice inBurlington, New Jersey. He served in theWar of 1812 and commanded a volunteer regiment fromTrenton.
He was clerk of theNew Jersey Supreme Court from 1812 to 1817, and wasQuartermaster General of New Jersey from 1815 to 1837. He was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly in 1827 and wasU.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1829; Wall was electedGovernor of New Jersey in 1829, but declined to serve; he was then elected as aJacksonian (later, aDemocrat) to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1841; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the Militia (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committees on the Judiciary (Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses) and Military Affairs (Twenty-fifth Congress).
Wall was a judge of theNew Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey from 1848 until his death in Burlington in 1850. He was buried inSaint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington.[1]
Garret D. Wall was the father ofJames Walter Wall, also a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. His daughter Maria Matilda Wall was the wife ofPeter Dumont Vroom and mother ofPeter D. Vroom.[2][3]
Wall Township, New Jersey is named in his honor.[4]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Jersey March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 Served alongside:Samuel L. Southard | Succeeded by |
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