Ebenezer O. Grosvenor

Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor Jr. (born January 26, 1820 in Stillwater , Saratoga County , New York , †  March 10, 1910 in Jonesville , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Michigan.

Career

Ebenezer Grosvenor attended public schools in his homeland. In 1837 he came to Michigan, where he was initially employed by various administrations as a clerk . After that he was a dealer in Jonesville. In 1854 he founded the Grosvenor & Co. banking house and became its president. Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party . After its dissolution in the 1850s, he became a member of the Republicans . He sat in the Michigan Senate between 1859 and 1860 and again from 1863 to 1864 . In the meantime he was chairman of the military committee of his state.

In 1864, Grosvenor was elected lieutenant governor of Michigan alongside Henry H. Crapo . He held this office between 1865 and 1867. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. Between 1867 and 1870 he was Treasurer of his state as Treasurer . From 1871 to 1879 he was a member of the State Building Commission, which he temporarily chaired as State Building Commissioner . He was then from 1879 to 1888 board member of the University of Michigan . He was also on the board of directors of various other companies. In June 1896, Grosvenor took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis , where William McKinley was nominated as a candidate for president. In 1903 he became a member of the state executive committee of his party. He died on March 10, 1910 in Jonesville at the age of 90. He had four children with his wife, Sally Ann Champlin.

Web links

• Ebenezer O. Grosvenor in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Short biography