Josiah Bushnell Grinnell

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell ( born December 22, 1821 in New Haven, Addison County, Vermont, † March 31, 1891 in Grinnell, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1867 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Josiah Grinnell attended the common schools and the Oneida Institute. Then he studied until 1847 at the Auburn Theological Seminary theology. After his graduation, he was ordained to the clergy of the Presbyterian Church. In the following years he was also in Washington DC operate and New York City as a pastor. In 1854 he moved to Iowa, where he founded the city named after him Grinnell in Poweshiek County. He was there also the founder of Grinnell College.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Between 1856 and 1860, Grinnell was sitting in the Senate of Iowa. After studying law and its made in 1858 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate of his party. In the following two years, Grinnell was employed by the Post Office.

1862 Grinnell was elected in the newly created fourth electoral district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. After a re-election in 1864 he was able to complete two terms in Congress between 4 March 1863 and 3 March 1867. These were overshadowed by the events of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction. In addition, there were conflicts between his party and President Andrew Johnson. In the years 1865 and 1868 the 13th and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted. It was about the abolition of slavery and the extension of civil rights to former slaves and African Americans.

In 1866, Grinnell refused another candidacy. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer and was active in the railroad business. He was one of the directors of the railway company Skirt Iceland Railroad and president of the Horticultural Society ( Horticultural Society ) of Iowa. He was also president of the First National Bank in Grinnell. Josiah Grinnell died on 31 March 1891 he founded the city Grinnell and was also buried there.

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