Martin Grover

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Martin Grover (October 20, 1811 - August 23, 1875) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Hartwick, Otsego County, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Angelica, Allegany County. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. He was elected justice of the New York supreme court in November 1857 and was reelected in 1859, and was elected judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1867. After the reorganization of the court of appeals in 1869 he was elected an associate judge in 1870 for a term of fourteen years and served until his death in Angelica in 1875. Interment was in Angelica Cemetery.

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• Martin Grover at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress