Whiting Griswold (November 12, 1814 – October 28, 1874) was an American abolitionist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts Senate.[1] In 1864 Griswold was a presidential elector from Massachusetts for Abraham Lincoln.

Whiting Griswold
Member of the
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853
In office
1853–1853
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1851–1852
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1848–1850
Personal details
BornNovember 12, 1814
Buckland, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 28, 1874 (aged 59)
Greenfield, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocrat, Free Soil
SpouseFannie L. Clark
ChildrenFreeman Clark Griswold
Alma materAmherst College, 1838
ProfessionAttorney[1]

Career

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In 1842 Griswold was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at Northampton, Massachusetts.[1]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ulman, H. Charles (1872), Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States: Containing Federal Officers ... Foreign Ministers and Consuls; State, County, and City Officials; Judiciary ... with a ... Digest of the Laws of the Several States, Touching ... Commercial Law; with Laws Relating to the Descent of Property, New York, New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., p. 578
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