George W. Grandey

George W. Grandey (February 3, 1813 – December 4, 1893) was a Vermont politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Biography

George Washington Grandey was born in Panton, Vermont on February 3, 1813.[1] He studied law, became an attorney in 1840 and established a practice in Vergennes, Vermont.

Grandey served in several local offices, including county school superintendent, city school superintendent, state's attorney, postmaster, justice of the peace, and mayor of Vergennes. First a Whig, and later an active Republican, Grandey served as chairman of the state party on several occasions from the 1860s to the 1890s and was a delegate to several state and national conventions.[2][3][4][5][6]

From 1850 to 1857 Grandey was Quartermaster General of the Vermont Militia with the rank of Brigadier General.[7][8][9]

For thirteen years from the 1850s to the 1870s Grandey served in the Vermont House of Representatives, including election as Speaker from 1854 to 1857 and 1868 to 1870.[10]

Grandey also served several terms in the Vermont Senate.[11][12]

In 1867 Grandey was appointed U.S. Consul in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.[13][14]

Grandey declined appointment to a consulship in Canada in 1881.[15]

Grandey died in Vergennes on December 4, 1893.[16][17] He was buried at Prospect Cemetery in Vergennes.[18]

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, by Leonard Deming, 1851, page 115
  2. ^ The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: Let The Oppressed Go Free, 1861-1867, by William Lloyd Garrison, 1979, page 299
  3. ^ The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974, by Samuel B. Hand, 2003, page 56
  4. ^ Vermont Public Documents, page 27
  5. ^ Newspaper article, The Republican Campaign: Vermont Republican Convention, New York Times, June 28, 1876
  6. ^ Newspaper article, Vermont Whig State Convention, Semi Weekly Courier and New-York Enquirer, October 22, 1851
  7. ^ Hinsdale Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, by Herbert Cornelius Andrews and Sanford Charles Hinsdale, and Alfred L. Holman, 1906, pages 267 to 268
  8. ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1853, page 79
  9. ^ The Massachusetts Register and Business Directory, edited by Nahum Capen, 1856, page 241
  10. ^ List of Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1778 to 2005 Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today, published by Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012
  11. ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1871, page 110
  12. ^ American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, by Charles F. Ritter, Jon L. Wakelyn, 1989
  13. ^ Newspaper column, Washington, New York Tribune, March 25, 1867
  14. ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States, Volume 15 Part 2, published by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887, page 490
  15. ^ Newspaper article, General Notes, New York Times, April 16, 1881
  16. ^ Death notice, George W. Grandey, New York Times, December 6, 1893
  17. ^ Minutes of the Vermont Baptist Anniversaries for the Year 1893, by Vermont Baptist State Convention, 1893, page 101
  18. ^ Boyko, Janice (2015). "Prospect Cemetery, Vergennes, Addison Co., Vermont". nekg-vt.com. Simsbury, CT: Northeast Kingdom Vermont Genealogy.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1854–1857 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1868–1870 		Succeeded by