Hugh J. Grant
Hugh J. Grant (born September 10, 1858 in New York City , † November 4, 1910 ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1892 he was mayor of New York City.
Career
Hugh Grant was born on September 10, 1858 in New York City. This is evidenced by his passport from 1878 and information from the censuses of 1860 and 1870. For reasons that are no longer comprehensible, he brought his year of birth forward to 1852 or 1853 at the beginning of his political career and thus made himself older. Grant was orphaned at an early age and raised by a guardian. He attended both public and private schools. He then graduated from Manhattan College , a university in Germany and Columbia University . He must also have studied law because he later practiced as a lawyer. He also worked in the real estate industry. Later he also got into banking.
Politically, Grant joined the Democratic Party and the Tammany Hall Society . He served on the New York City Council in 1883 and 1884 . In the same year he ran for the first time, but unsuccessfully, for the office of mayor. From 1886 to 1888 he was the city's police chief as sheriff . In 1888, Grant was elected Mayor of New York. He held this office after a re-election between January 1889 and December 1892. The metropolitan area of New York extended until 1898 essentially to what is now Manhattan . As mayor, he worked on reforming the administration and improving the infrastructure. On the other hand, however, he was involved in the corruption affairs around Tammany Hall. It later emerged that this was also the case when he was sheriff.
After the end of his second term, he decided not to run again. In 1894, however, he decided to run again for the office of mayor. But he was defeated by William Lafayette Strong . In 1888, 1892 and 1896 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions . Hugh Grant had been married to Julia Murphy, the daughter of US Senator Edward Murphy , since 1895 , with whom he had three children. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack on November 4, 1910.
Web links
- Hugh J. Grant in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- The Political Graveyard
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Abram Hewitt |
Mayor of New York City 1889-1892 |
Thomas Francis Gilroy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grant, Hugh J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1910 |
| Place of death | New York City |