William A. Griswold
William A. Griswold (September 15, 1775 – January 17, 1846) was a Vermont politician and attorney who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives on two occasions.
Biography
William Adams Griswold was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts on September 15, 1775.[1][2] His family moved to Bennington, Vermont when he was ten years old, where he was raised. Griswold graduated from Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law and started a practice in Danville.[3]
In 1803 Griswold was named State's Attorney for Caledonia County, a position in which he served almost continuously until moving to Burlington in 1821.[4][5]
A Democratic-Republican, Griswold represented Danville in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811.[6] In 1812 Griswold was one of Vermont's presidential electors, casting his ballot for James Madison.[7]
In 1813 Griswold returned to the Vermont House, serving until 1818. He served again from 1819 to 1820. Griswold was Speaker of the House from 1815 to 1818 and 1819 to 1820.[8]
Griswold was named United States Attorney for Vermont in 1821, a position in which he served until 1829.[9][10] In 1828 he was elected to the Vermont Council of Censors.[11]
From 1828 until his death Griswold was President of the Lake Champlain Transportation Company, which operated steamships on Lake Champlain.[12]
Griswold served on the Vermont Governor's Council from 1833 to 1834.[13]
In 1836 Griswold, by now a Whig, was a presidential elector from Vermont and cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison.[14]
Griswold represented Burlington in the Vermont House from 1841 to 1842.[15]
He died in Burlington on January 17, 1846.[16][17]
References
- ^ Death notice, The Vermont Watchman & State Journal Newspaper, January 29, 1846, reprinted on Northeast Kingdom Genealogy website, accessed February 21, 2012
- ^ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1900, page 128
- ^ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1890, pages 7 to 8
- ^ Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, published by Sereno Wright 1810, page 40
- ^ Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764-1887, by Hamilton Child, 1887, page 37
- ^ Biographical sketch, William A. Griswold, by G. B. Sawyer, published in Vermont History magazine, undated, reprinted on Ancestry.com website, accessed February 21, 2012
- ^ A History and Description of New England, by Austin Jacobs Coolidge and John Brainard Mansfield, 1859, page 990
- ^ Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 382
- ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States, published by U.S. Senate, 1821, page 246
- ^ Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, by Leonard Deming, 1851, page 112
- ^ Journal of the Council of Censors of the State of Vermont, published by E. P. Walton (Montpelier), 1828, page 3
- ^ History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York, by Duane Hamilton Hurd, 1880, pages 52 to 53
- ^ Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont for 1833 to 1834, published by E.P. Walton (Montpelier), 1880, page 104
- ^ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 1, 1867, pages 622 to 623
- ^ Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, published by E. P. Walton (Montpelier), 1841, page 4
- ^ Death notice, The Vermont Watchman & State Journal Newspaper, January 29, 1846, reprinted on Northeast Kingdom Genealogy website, accessed February 21, 2012
- ^ Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1867, page 74