Stanley Griswold

Stanley Griswold (born November 14, 1763 in Torrington , Colony of Connecticut , †  August 21, 1815 in Shawneetown , Illinois ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) who represented the state of Ohio in the US Senate .

During the Revolutionary War , Stanley Griswold served in a militia unit. He then continued his education and graduated from Yale College in 1876 . He then studied theology and worked as a pastor in New Milford before becoming an editor for a newspaper in Walpole , New Hampshire . From 1805 to 1808 he served as the First Secretary of the Michigan Territory . During the absence of William Hull, he temporarily held his governor's post ; in this capacity he had Fort Croghan built in 1806 to protect the cattle of the Detroit residents from raids by Indians . Later, Griswold Street in Detroit was named after him for his merits.

After his tenure, which ended because of a disagreement with Governor Hull, Griswold moved to Ohio. There he was appointed to succeed the resigned US Senator Edward Tiffin , whose seat in Congress he took from May 18, 1809. After the official election of a new senator, Griswold left the Chamber of Parliament on December 11 of the same year.

He spent the rest of his life in the Illinois Territory , where he became a federal judge in March 1810, which he held until his death in August 1815.

Web links

• Stanley Griswold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• The Political Graveyard