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 and in the Massachusetts Senate.[1] In 1864 Griswold was a presidential elector from Massachusetts for Abraham Lincoln.
Whiting Griswold | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 | |
| In office 1853–1853 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1851–1852 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
| In office 1848–1850 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 12, 1814 Buckland, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 28, 1874 (aged 59) Greenfield, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat, Free Soil |
| Spouse | Fannie L. Clark |
| Children | Freeman Clark Griswold |
| Alma mater | Amherst College, 1838 |
| Profession | Attorney[1] |
Career
editIn 1842 Griswold was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at Northampton, Massachusetts.[1]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e Ulman, H. Charles (1872), Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States: Containing Federal Officers ... Foreign Ministers and Consuls; State, County, and City Officials; Judiciary ... with a ... Digest of the Laws of the Several States, Touching ... Commercial Law; with Laws Relating to the Descent of Property, New York, New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., p. 578
External links
edit- The Library of Congress Whiting Griswold correspondence, 1843-1874
- Whiting Griswold Papers, 1837-1890. University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Whiting Griswold Correspondence A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
- Griswold Family Papers, 1836-1888. Chapin Library, Williams College[permanent dead link]