Background
Garrison, Daniel was born on April 3, 1782 in near Salem, New Jersey, United States.
General politician representative
Garrison, Daniel was born on April 3, 1782 in near Salem, New Jersey, United States.
He pursued an academic course and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Garrison was elected as a Jacksonian Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1826.
After leaving Congress, Garrison was appointed by President Andrew Jackson as inspector of the revenue and collector of the customs at the port of Bridgeton, New Jersey, in 1834 and served until 1838.
He died in Salem on February 13, 1851, and was interred there in Saint John"s Episcopal Cemetery.
He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1806–1808, and was surrogate of Salem County, New Jersey from 1809-1823.