John Augustus Griswold

John Augustus Griswold

John Augustus Griswold (November 11, 1822 - October 31, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction.

Born in Nassau, New York, Griswold received an academic training.He engaged in mercantile pursuits and in steel manufacture.He served as mayor of Troy in 1855.He engaged in banking and also served as president of the Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Co., of the Troy & Cohoes Railroad Co., and of the New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Railroad Co..He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress.

Griswold was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865).He was reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 but was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of New York.

Griswold was elected regent of the University of the State of New York April 29, 1869.He died in Troy, New York, on October 31, 1872.He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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