| 词条 | George W. Grandey |
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George W. Grandey (February 3, 1813 – December 4, 1893) was a Vermont politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. BiographyGeorge Washington Grandey was born in Panton, Vermont on February 3, 1813.[1] He studied law, became an attorney in 1840 and established a practice in Vergennes, Vermont. Grandey served in several local offices, including county school superintendent, city school superintendent, state's attorney, postmaster, justice of the peace, and mayor of Vergennes. First a Whig, and later an active Republican, Grandey served as chairman of the state party on several occasions from the 1860s to the 1890s and was a delegate to several state and national conventions.[2][3][4][5][6] From 1850 to 1857 Grandey was Quartermaster General of the Vermont Militia with the rank of Brigadier General.[7][8][9] For thirteen years from the 1850s to the 1870s Grandey served in the Vermont House of Representatives, including election as Speaker from 1854 to 1857 and 1868 to 1870.[10] Grandey also served several terms in the Vermont Senate.[11][12] In 1867 Grandey was appointed U.S. Consul in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[13][14] Grandey declined appointment to a consulship in Canada in 1881.[15] Grandey died in Vergennes on December 4, 1893.[16][17] He was buried at Prospect cemetery in Vergennes.[18] References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=EUJ-VnHTzWAC&pg=PA115 Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont], by Leonard Deming, 1851, page 115 {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | before=Horatio Needham |title=Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | years=1854–1857 | after=George F. Edmunds}}{{succession box | before=John W. Stewart |title=Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | years=1868–1870 | after=Charles Herbert Joyce}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Grandey, George W.}}2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=iOdVUpjJQHwC&pg=PA299 The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: Let The Oppressed Go Free, 1861-1867], by William Lloyd Garrison, 1979, page 299 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=ONLUwZ2Z0JsC&pg=PA56 The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974], by Samuel B. Hand, 2003, page 56 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=YchMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%22george+w.+grandey%22+senate&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uf4pT8_LDIbL0QGIouG-Cg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADge#v=onepage&q=%22george%20w.%20grandey%22%20senate&f=false Vermont Public Documents], page 27 5. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/06/28/80340029.pdf Newspaper article, The Republican Campaign: Vermont Republican Convention], New York Times, June 28, 1876 6. ^Newspaper article, Vermont Whig State Convention, Semi Weekly Courier and New-York Enquirer, October 22, 1851 7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPdUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA267 Hinsdale Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield], by Herbert Cornelius Andrews and Sanford Charles Hinsdale, and Alfred L. Holman, 1906, pages 267 to 268 8. ^Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1853, page 79 9. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=3mLpxqNrWwQC&pg=PA241 The Massachusetts Register and Business Directory], edited by Nahum Capen, 1856, page 241 10. ^List of Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1778 to 2005, published by Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012 11. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=290GAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA110 Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register], published by Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1871, page 110 12. ^American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, by Charles F. Ritter, Jon L. Wakelyn, 1989 13. ^Newspaper column, Washington, New York Tribune, March 25, 1867 14. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=KcOHAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA490 Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States], Volume 15 Part 2, published by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887, page 490 15. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/04/16/98653054.pdf Newspaper article, General Notes], New York Times, April 16, 1881 16. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/12/06/109270876.pdf Death notice, George W. Grandey], New York Times, December 6, 1893 17. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=VwkqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA101 Minutes of the Vermont Baptist Anniversaries for the Year 1893], by Vermont Baptist State Convention, 1893, page 101 18. ^{{Findagrave|114423151}} 14 : 1813 births|1893 deaths|People from Vergennes, Vermont|American militia generals|American postmasters|State's attorneys in Vermont|Vermont Whigs|19th-century American politicians|Vermont Republicans|Vermont lawyers|Members of the Vermont House of Representatives|Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives|Vermont state senators|Burials in Vermont |
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