Griswold, Whiting, 1814-1874

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Dates:
Birth 1814
Death 1874

Biographical notes:

Lawyer and politician.

From the description of Whiting Griswold papers, 1843-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981213

Biographical Note

1814, Nov. 12 Born, Buckland, Mass. 1838 Graduated, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1842 Became member of the bar, Franklin County, Mass. 1848 1850 Member, Massachusetts state legislature 1851 1852 Senator, Massachusetts state legislature 1853 Member, Massachusetts state constitutional convention 1864 Presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln from Massachusetts 1874, Oct. 28 Died, Greenfield, Mass.

From the guide to the Whiting Griswold Correspondence, 1843-1874, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Constitutional convention
  • Constitutional conventions
  • Patronage, Political
  • Political parties
  • Practice of law
  • Practice of law
  • Tunnels
  • Tunnels

Occupations:

  • Lawyers
  • Politicians

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Greenfield (as recorded)

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