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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge GRENNELL, Jr.
(1786-1877)
GRENNELL, George, Jr., a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Greenfield, Mass.,
December 25, 1786; attended Deerfield Academy and was graduated
from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; was admitted to the
bar in 1811; prosecuting attorney for Franklin County 1820-1828;
member of the State senate 1825-1827; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian
to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-six Congresses and reelected
as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3,
1839); was not a candidate for renomination in 1838; trustee of
Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1838-1859; judge of probate
1849-1853; clerk of Franklin County Courts 1853-1865; first
president of the Troy & Greenfield Railroad; died in
Greenfield, Mass., November 19, 1877; interment in Green River
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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