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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaJosiah Bushnell GRINNELL
(1821-1891)
GRINNELL, Josiah Bushnell,
a Representative from Iowa; born in New Haven, Addison County, Vt.,
December 22, 1821; attended the common schools and Oneida
Institute; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Auburn
Theological Seminary in 1847; ordained a Presbyterian clergyman;
held pastorates in Union Village, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and in
the Congregational Church of New York City; moved to Iowa in 1854
and founded the town of Grinnell, Poweshiek County, and also
Grinnell University; member of the State senate 1856-1860; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and practiced; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1860; special agent for the Post
Office Department for two years; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3,
1867); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed the
practice of law; interested in building of railroads; director of
the Rock Island Railroad; receiver of the Iowa Central Railroad
(later the St. Louis & St. Paul Railroad); president of the
State Horticultural Society and of the First National Bank in
Grinnell; died in Grinnell, Iowa, March 31, 1891; interment in
Hazelwood Cemetery.
Bibliography
Grinnell, Josiah B. Men and Events of Forty Years. Boston:
Lothrop, 1891; Payne, Charles E. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell.
Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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