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Wall, Garret Dorset

soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born March 10, 1783, in Middletown, N. J. a He commanded volunteer company at the defense of Sandy Hook in the war of 1812, and was quartermaster - general of the state from 1815 to 1837. In 1827 he was elected to the general assembly. In 1829 he was appointed United States district attorney for New Jersey. He was a member of the United States senate from 1835 to 1841. In 1848 he was appointed judge of the court of errors and appeals, which office he occupied until his death. He died Nov. 22, 1850, in Burlington, N. J.