词条 | J. Griswold Webb |
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| name = | office = Member of the New York State Senate (28th District) | term_start = January 1, 1923 | term_end = May 5, 1934 | predecessor = James E. Towner | successor = Frederic H. Bontecou | office1 = Member of the New York State Assembly (for Dutchess County) | term_start1 = January 1, 1919 | term_end1 = December 31, 1922 | predecessor1 = James C. Allen | successor1 = Howard N. Allen | birth_name = John Griswold Webb | birth_date = August 13, 1890 | birth_place = Riverdale, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1934|05|05|1890|08|13}} | residence = Crumwold Hall | death_place = Hyde Park, New York, U.S. | education = Groton School | alma_mater = Harvard University Cornell University College of Agriculture | party = Republican | parents = H. Walter Webb Leila Griswold Webb Codman | spouse = {{marriage|Anne Pendleton Rogers |May 16, 1914|May 5, 1934|reason=his death}} | children = 2 | relations = James W. Webb (grandfather) John A. Griswold (grandfather) William Seward Webb (uncle) Eliza Vanderbilt Webb (aunt) }}John Griswold Webb (August 13, 1890 – May 5, 1934) was an American politician from New York.[1] Early lifeWebb was born on August 13, 1890 at Riverdale in the Bronx.[2] He was the son of railroad executive H. Walter Webb (1856–1900) and Amelia (née Griswold) Webb (1856-1910). In 1904, Leila Webb, now a widow, married Ogden Codman, Jr., the noted society architect and interior decorator best known for his novel written with Edith Wharton.[1] His paternal grandfather was U.S. Minister to Brazil James Watson Webb and his maternal grandfather was U.S. Congressman John Augustus Griswold. Among his uncles was Civil War general Alexander S. Webb and railroad executive Dr. William Seward Webb, who married Eliza Vanderbilt, the daughter of William K. Vanderbilt.[2] Webb was a graduate of the Groton School, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1913.[3] In 1912, he went with a fellow Harvard student by car from New York City to Vancouver, a then unprecedented adventure.[4] CareerIn 1912, Webb was a war correspondent for the Boston Herald in Mexico.[3] From 1914 to 1915, he studied at the Cornell University College of Agriculture. Beginning in 1915, he was the owner and General Manager of "Webb Farms" in Clinton Corners, New York.[3] Public officeWebb was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co., 1st D.) in 1919, 1920, 1921 and 1922; and was Chairman of the Committee on Charitable and Religious Societies in 1922. He was a member of the New York State Senate (28th D.) from 1923 until his death in 1934, sitting in the 146th, 147th, 148th, 149th, 150th, 151st, 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislature; and was Chairman of the Special Joint Legislative Committee on Aviation from 1928 until his death in 1934. Personal lifeOn May 16, 1914, he married Anne Pendleton Rogers (1894–1983),[5] the daughter of Archibald Rogers. Together, they were the parents of two children:[1]
Webb was a member of the Harvard Club of New York, the Racquet and Tennis Club, and the Knickerbocker Club in New York City as well as the Automobile Club of America.[3] He died on May 5, 1934, at Crumwold Hall, his estate designed by Richard Morris Hunt in Hyde Park, New York, after a long illness.[6] Notes1. ^{{cite news|title=CODMAN--WEBB Mrs. H. Walter Webb Married to Ogden Codman, Jr.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70B17F7345E12738DDDA00894D8415B848CF1D3|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=The New York Times|date=October 9, 1904}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|us-ny-hs}}{{succession box | before = James C. Allen | title = New York State Assembly 2. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation|date=1914|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|pages=1454-1459|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1459-IA1&lpg=RA1-PA1459|accessdate=19 May 2018|language=en}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last1=Harvard College (1780-) Class of 1913|title=Harvard College Class of 1913 Secretary's Second Report|date=1917|publisher=Plimpton Press|page=323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0M8nAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323|accessdate=19 May 2018|language=en}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Students on Long Trip|url=https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50F16FC3A5E13738DDDAA0A94DE405B828DF1D3|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=The New York Times|date=June 23, 1912}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Miss Anne Rogers Bride at Hyde Park|url=https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60917F83C5E13738DDDAE0994DD405B848DF1D3|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 1914}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=J. Griswold Webb, Legislator, Dead. State Senator, 43, Succumbs at His Hyde Park Estate After a Long Illness. Head Of Aviation Board |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/05/06/archives/j-griswold-webb-eegislator-dead-stale-senator-43-succumbs-at-his.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 6, 1934 |subscription=yes }} Dutchess County, 1st District | years = 1919–1922 | after = Howard N. Allen}}{{s-par|us-ny-sen}}{{succession box | before = James E. Towner | title = New York State Senate 28th District | years = 1923–1934 | after = Frederic H. Bontecou}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, J Griswold}} 10 : 1890 births|1934 deaths|Groton School alumni|Harvard College alumni|Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni|Members of the New York State Assembly|New York state senators|New York (state) Republicans|People from Hyde Park, New York|20th-century American politicians |
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