Robert Y. Grant (November 22, 1819 in Liberty, New York – February 19, 1862) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Joseph Grant and Susan (Young) Grant. He became a farmer, then dealt in cattle, and about 1851 engaged in the

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business. On September 4, 1839, he married Sarah Smedes, and they had four children, among them Lt. Oscar B. Grant USMC (1840–1920). He was a

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from 1849 to 1855; Supervisor of the Town of Liberty in 1854 and 1859; Postmaster of Liberty from 1855; and a member of the

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(9th D.) in

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and

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. He died from typhoid fever, and was buried at the Liberty Cemetery.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 442)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''
by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 59ff)

''Post Office Directory''
(1856; pg. 122) {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Robert Y 1819 births 1862 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Liberty, New York Town supervisors in New York (state) New York (state) postmasters 19th-century American legislators 19th-century New York (state) politicians