Whiting Griswold (November 12, 1814 – October 28, 1874) was an American abolitionist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
and in the
Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...
.
In 1864 Griswold was a presidential elector from Massachusetts for
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
.
Career
In 1842 Griswold was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at
Northampton, Massachusetts.
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See also
* 1869 Massachusetts legislature
The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as ...
Notes
External links
The Library of Congress Whiting Griswold correspondence, 1843-1874
Whiting Griswold Papers, 1837-1890. University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Whiting Griswold Correspondence A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
Griswold Family Papers, 1836-1888. Chapin Library, Williams College
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1814 births
People from Greenfield, Massachusetts
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts state senators
Massachusetts lawyers
American abolitionists
Massachusetts Democrats
Massachusetts Free Soilers
Amherst College alumni
1874 deaths
People from Buckland, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Republicans
People from Northampton, Massachusetts
19th-century American lawyers