| 词条 | Amos P. Granger |
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| name = | image = AmosPGranger.jpg | state = New York | district = 24th | term_start = March 4, 1855 | term_end = March 3, 1859 | preceded = Daniel T. Jones | succeeded = Charles B. Sedgwick | birth_date = {{birth date|1792|12|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = Suffield, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1868|8|31|1792|12|1}} | death_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S. | party = Opposition, Republican | residence = | parents = Amos Granger Ann Phelps | spouse = {{marriage|Charlotte Hickox |December 21, 1813|August 20, 1866|reason=his death}} | children = | relations = Francis Granger (cousin) Gideon Granger (uncle) | alma_mater = | profession = }} Amos Phelps Granger (June 3, 1789 – August 20, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Francis Granger. Early lifeGranger was born in Suffield, Connecticut on June 3, 1789. He was the youngest of four children born to Dr. Amos Granger (1748–1811) and Ann Phelps (1753–1806).[1] His father was a prominent physician who served in the Connecticut Legislature from 1788 to 1791 and also served in the militia alongside General Horatio Gates during the American Revolutionary War[1] He was a first cousin of fellow U.S. Representative Francis Granger through his uncle, Gideon Granger, the longest serving United States Postmaster General (under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison). Granger attended the public schools.[1] CareerIn 1811, he moved to Manlius, New York, where he was president of the town for several years. He served as captain in the War of 1812 at Sackets Harbor and on the Canada–US border.[1] He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1820 and engaged in numerous business enterprises.[2] He served as trustee of the city of Syracuse from 1825–1830, during which time he delivered the address of welcome to General Lafayette when he visited Syracuse in 1825. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852.[1] Granger was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858 and retired from active business pursuits.[1] Personal lifeOn December 21, 1813, Granger was married to Charlotte Hickox (1790–1882), one of twelve children of Benjamin Hickox. They did not have any children together.[4] He was paralysed by a stroke in about 1860, and died after a bout of dysentery in Syracuse, New York, on August 20, 1866.[5] He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=GRANGER, Amos Phelps - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000373|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=5 May 2018}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Vaughn|first1=William Preston|title=The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States: 1826-1843|date=2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813150406|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZcfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42|accessdate=5 May 2018|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Granger|first1=Amos P. (Amos Phelps)|title=State sovereignty--the Constitution--slavery|date=1859|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://archive.org/details/statesovereignty00gran|accessdate=5 May 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Granger|first1=James Nathaniel|title=Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.|date=1893|isbn=9785880057696|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEoRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109|accessdate=5 May 2018|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/08/25/83457292.pdf | title=Obituary of Amos P Granger | work=Syracuse Journal | date=21 August 1866 | accessdate=February 17, 2013}} External links
| state=New York | district=24 | before=Daniel T. Jones | after=Charles B. Sedgwick | years=March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 }}{{s-end}}{{Bioguide}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Granger, Amos Phelps}} 14 : 1789 births|1866 deaths|People from Suffield, Connecticut|New York (state) Whigs|Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)|New York (state) Republicans|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)|People from Manlius, New York|Politicians from Syracuse, New York|American people of the War of 1812|Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)|19th-century American politicians|Military personnel from Syracuse, New York |
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