George Grennell

George Grennell Jr. (born December 25, 1786 in Greenfield , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  November 19, 1877 there ) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1839 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Grennell attended Deerfield Academy and then until 1808 Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began to work as a lawyer. Between 1820 and 1828 he was a district attorney in Franklin County. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party and later the Whig Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1825 to 1827 .

In the congressional elections of 1828 Grennell was elected as a Republican in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel Clesson Allen on March 4, 1829 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1839 . From 1833 he represented the sixth district of his state there as the successor to Joseph G. Kendall . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president. In 1838, Grennell decided not to run again.

Between 1838 and 1859, George Grennell was the curator of Amherst College . He served as a probate judge from 1849 to 1853, and between 1853 and 1865 he was a clerk clerk clerk at the Franklin County District Court. He also got into the railroad business and became the first president of Troy and Greenfield Railroad . He died on November 19, 1877 in his hometown of Greenfield.

Web links

• George Grennell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Grennell in the database of Find a Grave (English)