| Garret S. Cannon | |
| Office2: | New Jersey State Assembly |
| Office1: | U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey |
| President1: | Franklin Pierce James Buchanan |
| Term Start1: | 1853 |
| Term End1: | 1861 |
| Predecessor1: | William Halstead |
| Successor1: | Anthony Quinton Keasbey |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1818 |
| Birth Place: | Somerset, New Jersey |
| Alma Mater: | Rutgers, (1833) |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
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.