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Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (December 20, 1778 – April 24, 1817) was a United States representative from New York.[1]

Early life

Thomas Peabody Grosvenor was born on December 20, 1778, in Pomfret, Connecticut. He was the son of Seth Grosvenor (1748–1808) and the grandson of John Grosvenor (1711–1804) and Hannah Dresser (1711–1782). He pursued classical studies and graduated from Yale College in 1800, where he was President of the Society of Brothers in Unity.[2] He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hudson, New York.[1]

Career

In 1799, he wrote to then Maj. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, recommending Mr. Joseph Hickcox to fill in the vacancy in the 13th Regiment of the Army of the United States caused by the vacancy in the line due to James Gordon's new role as Office of the Quarter Master.[3]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1810 to 1812, and was District Attorney of the Third District (comprising Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties) from 1810 to 1811.[1]

Grosvenor was elected as a Federalist to the 12th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Le Roy Livingston, and was re-elected to the 13th and 14th United States Congresses, serving from January 29, 1813, to March 4, 1817.[1]

Later career

Afterwards he engaged in the practice of law in Baltimore, Maryland, but died a month later.[1] Among his papers, was a book he wrote, entitled A Sketch of the Life, last sickness and death, of Mrs. Mary Jane Grosvenor that was published posthumously.[4]

Personal life

In March 1815, he was married to Mary Jane Hanson (1791–1814), the only daughter of Alexander C. Hanson, a lawyer and the Chancellor of Maryland, and the sister of Alexander Contee Hanson (1786–1819), a U.S. Senator. Mary Jane died later that year in 1815 from consumption.[5]

Grosvenor died just fifteen months after his wife, on April 24, 1817, in Waterloo, Maryland, and was buried in Hudson, New York.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "GROSVENOR, Thomas Peabody - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ Unity, Yale University Brothers in (1841). A catalogue of the Society of brothers in unity, Yale college, founded 1768. Hitchcock & Stafford, printers. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2017. Thomas Peabody Grosvenor.
  3. ^ "Founders Online: To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Grosvenor, 24 April 1799". founders.archives.gov. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ Grosvenor, Thomas Peabody (1817). A sketch of the life, last sickness, and death of Mrs. Mary Jane Grosvenor (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Edward J. Coale and Maxwell. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Grosvenor, Thomas Peabody, 1778-1817)". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th congressional district
1813
with Asa Fitch 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th congressional district
1813–1817 		Succeeded by
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._Grosvenor