Asa Grover

Asa Porter Grover ( born February 18, 1819 Phelps, Ontario County, New York, † July 20, 1887 in Georgetown, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1869 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Asa Grover attended the public schools of his home. In 1837 he came to Kentucky; there he visited the Centre College in Danville. Then he taught himself as a teacher. After studying law and his 1843 was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in this profession in Owenton. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1857 and 1865 he was a member of the Senate from Kentucky. In 1863 he was a delegate to the regional Democratic convention in Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Grover was in the fifth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lovell Harrison Rousseau on 4 March 1867. Until March 3, 1869, he completed a term in Congress. Since 1865 the work of Parliament was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Asa Grover again worked as a lawyer. Since 1881 he has been resident in Georgetown; there he also died on July 20, 1887.