Jonathan Grout

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Jonathan Grout (born July 23, 1737 in Lunenburg , Worcester County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  September 8, 1807 in Dover , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1791 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jonathan Grout grew up during the British colonial era. In the years 1757 to 1760 he took part in a campaign against the then French Canada . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Petersham . In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution . During the War of Independence he was a soldier in the Continental Army . He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1781, 1784, and 1787 ; In 1788 he was a member of the State Senate . That same year he was a member of the congregation responsible for the MassachusettsUnited States Constitution ratified. Politically, he was a member of the anti-administration faction in opposition to the first federal government under President George Washington .

In the congressional elections of 1789 , Grout was elected to the eighth seat of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in New York , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. Until March 3, 1791 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Jonathan Grout no longer appeared politically. He died in Dover on September 8, 1807.

Web links

  • Jonathan Grout in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)