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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Pennsylvania / USGalusha Aaron GROW
(1823-1907)
GROW, Galusha Aaron, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ashford (now Eastford),
Windham County, Conn., August 31, 1823; moved to Glenwood,
Susquehanna County, Pa., in May 1834; attended the common schools
and Franklin Academy, Susquehanna County; graduated from Amherst
College, Amherst, Mass., in 1844; studied law; was admitted to the
bar of Susquehanna County in 1847 and practiced; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-second, Thirty-third, and Thirty-fourth
Congresses and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth,
and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1863);
chairman, Committee on Territories (Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth
Congresses); unsuccessful Republican nominee for Speaker in 1857;
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-seventh Congress);
delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1884, and
1892; president of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Co. of
Texas 1871-1876; returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in lumber,
oil, and soft-coal pursuits; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William Lilly; reelected to the Fifty-fourth and to the three
succeeding Congresses and served from February 26, 1894, to March
3, 1903; chairman, Committee on Education (Fifty-fourth through
Fifty-seventh Congresses); declined a renomination in 1902; died in
Glenwood, near Scranton, Pa., March 31, 1907; interment in Harford
Cemetery, Harford, Pa.
Bibliography
Ilisevich, Robert D. Galusha A. Grow: The People’s
Candidate. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press,
1988.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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