George Grennell, Jr.

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George Grennell, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Greenfield on December 25, 1786. He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1808. He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and served as prosecuting attorney for Franklin County 1820-1828.

He was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate 1825-1827. Grennell was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-six Congresses and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1839). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

Grennell served as a trustee of Amherst College 1838-1859, a judge of probate 1849-1853, clerk of Franklin County Courts 1853-1865,and the first president of the Troy & Greenfield Railroad. He died in Greenfield November 19, 1877. His interment was in Green River Cemetery.

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• George Grennell, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Joseph G. Kendall

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1839

Succeeded by James Alvord