George Barnes Grigsby

George Barnes Grigsby ( born December 2, 1874 in Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory; † 9 May 1962 Santa Rosa, California ) was an American politician. Between 1920 and 1921 he represented the Alaska Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

George Grigsby attended the common schools and the South Dakota State University in Vermillion. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted in 1896 as a lawyer. Then he started in Sioux Falls to work in his new profession. During the Spanish- American War he was a lieutenant in a cavalry regiment. In 1902 he moved to Nome in Alaska Territory.

Rise in the Alaska Territory

Grigsby was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1902 to 1908 he was deputy from 1908 to 1910 and from regular federal prosecutor. In 1911, he was attorney for the city of Nome, to which he was elected mayor in 1914. Grigsby was also a member of a commission that advocated for uniform legislation in Alaska ( Commissioner for the promotion of uniform Legislation ). From 1916 to 1919 Grigsby first Attorney General was in the Alaska Territory. After the death of the congress delegates Charles August Sulzer, he was elected as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. This mandate, he stepped to the June 3, 1920. At this time, however, was still a challenge against the 1918 election was Sulzer by the previous Congress Delegate James Wickersham. After this appeal was upheld, Grigsby had to give up his position on 1 March 1921. For the remaining two days to March 3, 1921 Delegate Wickersham of Alaska.

Even after the end of his time in Congress Grigsby remained politically interested. In the years 1920 and 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. Otherwise, he worked in the course of the following decades in different cities of Alaska as a lawyer. He died in May 1962 in California.