Henry Whittemore Grout (March 24, 1858 – June 28, 1932) was a financier, state

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, and

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from

Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 67,314, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. The city is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls ...

. The

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is one of his legacies.

Biography

Henry W. Grout was born in

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on March 24, 1858. He worked as a miner, farmer, traveling salesman, real estate agent, park commissioner, and bank director. He married Olive Wright Wilson on December 29, 1892. After her death on August 30, 1910, he remarried to Agnes A. Perry on September 3, 1914. A Republican, he was elected to two terms in the

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, serving from 1910 to 1914. He represented the 38th District in the state Senate from 1914 to 1918. He died in Waterloo on June 28, 1932, suffering a heart attack while giving a talk at the Hotel President.

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External links

The History of Waterloo - Hon. Henry W. Grout
1858 births 1932 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople Politicians from Waterloo, Iowa Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Republican Party Iowa state senators {{Iowa-politician-stub