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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJoseph GRINNELL
(1788-1885)
GRINNELL, Joseph, (brother
of Moses Hicks Grinnell), a Representative from Massachusetts; born
in New Bedford, Mass., November 17, 1788; completed preparatory
studies; moved to New York City in 1809; engaged in mercantile
pursuits; traveled in Europe, and returned to New Bedford;
president of the First National Bank of New Bedford in 1832;
president of the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad in 1839; member
of the Governor’s council 1839-1841; in 1840 he became a
director of the Boston & Providence Railroad, the following
year its president, resigning that position in 1846, but remaining
a director until 1863; president of the Wamsutta Cotton Mills in
1847; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Barker Burnell; reelected to the
Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served
from December 7, 1843, to March 3, 1851; declined to be a candidate
for renomination in 1850; resumed his former business activities;
died in New Bedford, Mass., February 7, 1885; interment in Oak
Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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