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Alford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#787.72.48">William Thomas Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#184.20.38">Gaspar Griswold Bacon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#288.89.14">Homer Griswold Barber</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#450.83.16">Matthew Griswold Bevin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#349.97.55">James Wallace Borden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#458.09.02">Marcellus G. Boss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooley.html#204.65.62">Mortimer Elwyn Cooley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crane.html#362.94.39">Arthur Griswold Crane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#863.01.65">Algernon Sidney De Wolf</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#499.23.77">William Treyanne Francis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#974.59.91">Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#297.98.70">Frederick Frelinghuysen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilbert.html#767.22.87">Griswold I. Gilbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#692.06.86">Bret Harte</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#203.50.43">William Hillhouse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollowell-holmer.html#728.96.80">Griswold B. Holman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hortsman-hostler.html#479.41.13">Burton Everett Hoskins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#526.52.89">John Russell Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#102.01.36">Clement Phineas Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knappen-kniffin.html#966.25.62">Adoniram Judson Kneeland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#188.69.07">Elbert Leroy Lampson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#584.99.46">Griswold H. Morgan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morry-mortimore.html#474.29.41">Samuel Finley Breese Morse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#654.60.06">Samuel Holden Parsons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#542.52.78">Edwin Jay Pinney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#463.91.36">William I. Randall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#179.49.41">John Griswold Webb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#127.74.53">Griswold Woodward</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="146.71.35">Griswold, A. J.</a> — of Nogales, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/SC-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Ariz. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/nogales.html#2">Nogales, Ariz.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="427.69.26">Griswold, Albert Clinton</a> (1884-1954) — also known as Albert C. Griswold — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/02-10.html">February 10, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wethersfield; elected 1920. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/07-21.html">July 21, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 161 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Albert Griswold and Mary (Stillman) Griswold; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#857.31.62">Samuel Allyne Otis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#013.13.98">Ashbel Griswold</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#969.08.53">Arthur Tappan Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#658.12.04">James Otis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.05.50">Griswold, Alexander H.</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1831-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="589.33.97">Griswold, Arabelle A.</a> — of Little Haddam, East Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/easthaddam.html#3">Little Haddam, Conn.</a>, 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.82.26">Griswold, Arthur H.</a> — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wethersfield; elected 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="013.13.98">Griswold, Ashbel</a> (1784-1853) — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/04-04.html">April 4, 1784</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Meriden, 1820, 1826, 1828, 1831; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 6th District, 1833. Died in Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-30.html">March 30, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00075">East Cemetery</a>, Meriden, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Constant Griswold and Rebecca (Boardman) Griswold; married to Lucy Frary and Anna Hall; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#427.69.26">Albert Clinton Griswold</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#969.08.53">Arthur Tappan Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willard.html#583.29.55">John Willard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#782.25.86">Almar F. Dickson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#636.78.37">Constant Webb Chatfield</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="701.54.02">Griswold, Byron H.</a> — of Glastonbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Glastonbury; elected 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="806.50.91">Griswold, Charles</a> — of New York. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PH-consuls.html ">Manila</a>, 1856-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="360.52.13">Griswold, Charles</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 11, 1865. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13107">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="544.10.32">Griswold, Charles A.</a> — of West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from West Hartford; elected 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="032.38.83">Griswold, Charles C.</a> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lyme, 1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="522.21.53">Griswold, Charles L.</a> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 19th District, 1870-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.53.95">Griswold, Chester</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County, 1823, 1831, 1835. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="383.35.84">Griswold, D. G.</a> — Republican. Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="389.77.59">Griswold, Daniel W.</a> — of East Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Hartford, 1820. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="178.90.89">Griswold, Daniel W.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Manchester, 1826. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="256.99.52">Griswold, Deirdre</a> — Socialist. Workers World candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Vincent Copeland and Elizabeth (Ross) Copeland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre Griswold">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="289.42.14">Griswold, Dwight Palmer</a> (1893-1954) — also known as Dwight P. Griswold — of Gordon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SH-lived.html">Sheridan County</a>, Neb.; Scottsbluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. Born in Harrison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SX-born.html">Sioux County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-27.html">November 27, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sthse.html">Nebraska state house of representatives</a>, 1921-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/stsen.html">Nebraska state senate</a>, 1925-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nebraska</a>, 1952-54; died in office 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/04-12.html">April 12, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-buried.html#cms02160">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Scottsbluff, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dwight Hubbard Griswold and Clarissa (Palmer) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-25.html">September 25, 1919</a>, to Erma Elliott; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#194.32.12">Daniel Fiske Kellogg</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#641.61.43">Franklin Warren Kellogg</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#922.22.69">Albert Gallatin Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#320.61.72">Charles Kellogg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#142.29.57">Val Peterson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000481">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404826">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/dwight-palmer-griswold/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/534/000213892">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7267427">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16011">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="395.66.70">Griswold, Earl F.</a> — of Sullivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Franklin County, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="443.89.32">Griswold, Edgar W.</a> — of Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/saybrook.html#9">First selectman of Essex, Connecticut</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="024.49.32">Griswold, Edward</a> (1839-1910) — of Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-30.html">June 30, 1839</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Guilford, 1882-83, 1903-08. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-13.html">April 13, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html# ">Alderbrook Cemetery</a>, Guilford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joel Griswold and Polly (Bartlett) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/05-12.html">May 12, 1868</a>, to Anna E. Dudley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/107468981">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="491.42.38">Griswold, Elihu</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="109.88.17">Griswold, Elmer Wells</a> (1861-1916) — also known as Elmer W. Griswold — of Prospect, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-29.html">December 29, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Prospect, 1913-14. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-23.html">December 23, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html# ">Prospect Town Cemetery</a>, Prospect, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Justus Wells Griswold and Louisa Griswold; married to Flora Mabel Elton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60238624">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="002.51.64">Griswold, Erwin Nathaniel</a> (1904-1994) — also known as Erwin N. Griswold — Born in East Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/07-14.html">July 14, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; dean, Harvard Law School, 1946-67; U.S. Solicitor General, 1967-73. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/11-19.html">November 19, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 128 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Harlen Griswold and Hope (Erwin) Griswold; married to Harriet Allena Ford.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin Griswold">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/822/000209195">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Griswold, F. D. See <a href="#114.38.12">Frank David Griswold</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="073.47.30">Griswold, Florence T.</a> — also known as Mrs. J. C. Griswold — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/TX.html">Republican National Committee from Texas</a>, 1924; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TX.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="114.38.12">Griswold, Frank David</a> (1888-1967) — also known as F. D. Griswold — of Clarence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-17.html">January 17, 1888</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Shelby County, 1942, 1944. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/05-19.html">May 19, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-buried.html# ">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Clarence, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Wesley Griswold and Mary Frances Griswold; married to Anna Ashby.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94124775">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="563.04.69">Griswold, Frank L.</a> — of Trumbull, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/trumbull.html">First selectman of Trumbull, Connecticut</a>, 1904; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Trumbull; elected 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="427.70.65">Griswold, Frederick A.</a> — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wethersfield; elected 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="415.20.24">Griswold, Frederick F.</a> — of Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NJ.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="039.79.42">Griswold, Gaylord</a> (1767-1809) — of Herkimer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/12-18.html">December 18, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1796-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1803-05. Died in Herkimer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-died.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/03-01.html">March 1, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-buried.html#cms02159">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Herkimer, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sylvanus Griswold and Mary (Collins) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/08-03.html">August 3, 1796</a>, to Mary Hooker; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>, <a href="#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#544.04.20">Nelson Platt Wheeler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#779.46.46">William Egbert Wheeler</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#783.16.57">Alexander Royal Wheeler</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#305.86.24">Oliver Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a>, <a href="#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#924.70.16">Charles Jenkins Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#407.77.12">Alfred Wolcott</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.65.34">Sheffield Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#156.02.57">Carl Trumbull Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#669.66.02">Oliver Owen Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#770.34.45">Silas Dewey Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#373.23.51">Walter Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#346.43.04">Chauncey Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#147.60.12">Anson Levi Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#826.34.49">Henry Ward Beecher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#686.10.79">William Gleason Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#880.58.18">Leveret Brainard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#973.59.02">Allen Jacob Holcomb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000482">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404827">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7254923">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="330.13.01">Griswold, George</a> — of Old Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Old Lyme, 1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/lyme.html#5">first selectman of Old Lyme, Connecticut</a>, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="346.93.98">Griswold, George R.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Register of Deeds</a>, 1837-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Clerk</a>, 1843-47; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1848-49, 1853-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="248.14.01">Griswold, Giles</a> — of Goshen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Goshen, 1826-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.96.30">Griswold, Glenn Hasenfratz</a> (1890-1940) — also known as Glenn Griswold — of Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-lived.html">Miami County</a>, Ind. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/01-20.html">January 20, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-officials.html">Miami County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1925-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1931-39 (11th District 1931-33, 5th District 1933-39). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-died.html">Miami County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-05.html">December 5, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-buried.html#cms02158">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Peru, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sylvanus C. Griswold and Annie Louise (Hasenfratz) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-27.html">November 27, 1913</a>, to Edith Connally.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000483">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404828">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="372.57.17">Griswold, Grace M.</a> — of Nashua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Nashua 2nd Ward; elected 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="453.54.30">Griswold, H. W.</a> — of San Fernando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfernando.html#2">San Fernando, Calif.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="520.86.78">Griswold, Hal H.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/attygn.html">Ohio state attorney general</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="908.28.88">Griswold, Harry C.</a> — of Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windsor; elected 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="617.84.05">Griswold, Harry T.</a> — of Old Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Old Lyme, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8253034691/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/773/01.27.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Harry W. Griswold"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="773.01.27">Griswold, Harry Wilbur</a> (1886-1939) — also known as Harry W. Griswold — of West Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-lived.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis. Born near West Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-born.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-19.html">May 19, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 32nd District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-04.html">July 4, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-buried.html#cms02157">Hamilton Cemetery</a>, West Salem, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000484">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404829">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="684.49.73">Griswold, Henry S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 14, 1871. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13108">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="898.92.08">Griswold, Hezekiah</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1823. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="039.84.82">Griswold, Hugh H.</a> — of Merced, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ME-lived.html">Merced County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="109.37.62">Griswold, I. H.</a> — of Elyria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LO-lived.html">Lorain County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/elyria.html#2">Elyria, Ohio</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="529.73.13">Griswold, Irving H.</a> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Griswold, Mrs. J. C. See <a href="#073.47.30">Florence T. Griswold</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.03.40">Griswold, J. Sherman</a> — of Killingworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Killingworth, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="647.07.57">Griswold, J. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CV-lived.html">Calaveras County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 13th District, 1862-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="271.47.48">Griswold, James A.</a> — of East Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Granby, 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="497.16.34">Griswold, Jared</a> — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Farmington, 1826-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="822.26.33">Griswold, Jared</a> (d. 1835) — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">Mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1835; died in office 1835. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-22.html">November 22, 1835</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.05.80">Griswold, John</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 15th District, 1919. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="363.99.89">Griswold, John Ashley</a> (1822-1902) — of Catskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cairo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/11-18.html">November 18, 1822</a>. Democrat. County judge in New York, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1869-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 17th District, 1894. Died in Catskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-22.html">February 22, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-buried.html#cms00628">Village Cemetery</a>, Catskill, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000485">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404830">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="407.55.88">Griswold, John Augustus</a> (1822-1872) — also known as John A. Griswold — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Nassau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/11-11.html">November 11, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/troy.html">Mayor of Troy, N.Y.</a>, 1855-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1863-69; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1868; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NY.html">1872</a>. Died in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-died.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-31.html">October 31, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-buried.html#cms01026">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Troy, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000486">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404831">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="645.52.05">Griswold, John C.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1869-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="651.82.90">Griswold, John E.</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="698.41.45">Griswold, Joseph M.</a> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html#2">Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1859-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="587.96.35">Griswold, Leavitt S.</a> — of Michigan. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="578.37.29">Griswold, Leonard C.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Rocky Hill; elected 1934; defeated, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="014.27.48">Griswold, Leonard W.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/rockyhill.html#2">First selectman of Rocky Hill, Connecticut</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="057.93.17">Griswold, Leverett M.</a> — of Claremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Claremont 3rd Ward, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.07.98">Griswold, M.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 4th District, 1875-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="260.91.88">Griswold, Mabel E.</a> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Progressive. Vice-chair of Wisconsin Progressive Party, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="051.58.11">Griswold, Margaret A.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Rocky Hill, 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="136.93.01">Griswold, Marvin</a> — of Harwinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Harwinton, 1821, 1823-24, 1826, 1829, 1831. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="492.88.28">Griswold, Marvin E.</a> — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a> (secretary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 49th District, 1925-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="526.89.61">Griswold, Mary B.</a> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 3rd District, 1965; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> 109th District; elected 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="429.16.41">Griswold, Matthew</a> (1714-1799) — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1714/03-25.html">March 25, 1714</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1759-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/dpgv.html">Deputy Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1769-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1784-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1788. Died in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/04-28.html">April 28, 1799</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms00469">Duck River Cemetery</a>, Old Lyme, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Griswold and Hannah (Lee) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1743/11-10.html">November 10, 1743</a>, to Ursula Wolcott (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott (1679-1767)</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>); father of <a href="#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#654.60.06">Samuel Holden Parsons</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a> and <a href="#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold (1833-1919)</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#907.26.47">George Frederick Stone</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#551.55.56">Frederic Lincoln Chapin</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#333.69.41">Erastus Clark Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#170.23.75">Sereno Hamilton Scranton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#027.13.03">Samuel Lord (1831-1880)</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#911.80.76">Joseph Augustine Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#827.56.76">Samuel Lord (1859-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#742.47.43">Joseph Buell Ely</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#537.94.90">Harry Andrews Gager</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#273.48.39">Frederick William Lord</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frank.html#124.41.50">Augustus Frank</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#675.27.28">Augustus Brandegee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#824.14.52">Arthur Evarts Lord</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratte-presba.html#877.23.56">Thomas Theodore Prentis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#523.44.00">Frank Bosworth Brandegee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#997.27.74">Henry Arthur Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#243.41.60">Allan Percy Sill</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#232.75.60">Daniel Greene Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#613.93.35">Samuel George Andrews</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#335.04.41">Roscius R. Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#330.21.97">Gideon Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#126.06.30">Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#124.41.70">John Leslie Russell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#769.70.05">Julius Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#372.80.00">Giles Waldo Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#892.03.08">Gilbert Ezra Read</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#426.65.85">William Judson Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#927.77.39">Charles Hull Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#534.67.70">Rush Green Leaming</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#169.76.66">Charles M. Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#407.77.12">Alfred Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#232.62.06">Frederick Hobbes Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew Griswold (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9740313">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="833.56.05">Griswold, Matthew</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1805-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="587.44.91">Griswold, Matthew</a> (1833-1919) — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/06-06.html">June 6, 1833</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1862, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-19.html">May 19, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms00095">Erie Cemetery</a>, Erie, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-08.html">January 8, 1866</a>, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-13.html">April 13, 1876</a>, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson of <a href="#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#551.55.56">Frederic Lincoln Chapin</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott (1679-1767)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#907.26.47">George Frederick Stone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#407.77.12">Alfred Wolcott</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#273.48.39">Frederick William Lord</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#333.69.41">Erastus Clark Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#170.23.75">Sereno Hamilton Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#027.13.03">Samuel Lord</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#232.62.06">Frederick Hobbes Allen</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000487">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404832">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774798">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.38.17">Griswold, Morley Isaac</a> (1890-1951) — also known as Morley Griswold — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Born in Elko, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EL-born.html">Elko County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-10.html">October 10, 1890</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nevada</a>, 1927-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1934-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NV.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NV.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NV.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-03.html">October 3, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 358 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Chauncey Warner Griswold and Mary Ellen (Dakin) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-04.html">August 4, 1920</a>, to Marianne Williamson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/morley-isaac-griswold/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/390/000206769">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.50.65">Griswold, Oscar C.</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1943, 1957; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1961; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="994.75.17">Griswold, Raymond A.</a> — of Killingworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Killingworth; elected 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="685.94.25">Griswold, Rex</a> — of Mesa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/mesa.html">mayor of Mesa, Ariz.</a>, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.02.66">Griswold, Robert I.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Grant County 2nd District, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.44.62">Griswold, Roger</a> (1762-1812) — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/05-21.html">May 21, 1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a>, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805, 4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1809-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1811-12; died in office 1812. Died in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/10-25.html">October 25, 1812</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 157 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms02156">Griswold Cemetery at Black Hall</a>, Old Lyme, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)</a> and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married to Fanny Rogers; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott (1679-1767)</a>; grandfather of <a href="#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold (1833-1919)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#551.55.56">Frederic Lincoln Chapin</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#907.26.47">George Frederick Stone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#407.77.12">Alfred Wolcott</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>, <a href="#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#333.69.41">Erastus Clark Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#170.23.75">Sereno Hamilton Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#027.13.03">Samuel Lord (1831-1880)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#232.62.06">Frederick Hobbes Allen</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#425.25.86">Judson H. Warner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#911.80.76">Joseph Augustine Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#544.04.20">Nelson Platt Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#779.46.46">William Egbert Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#827.56.76">Samuel Lord (1859-1925)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#638.42.50">Henry Augustus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#742.47.43">Joseph Buell Ely</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#537.94.90">Harry Andrews Gager</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#783.16.57">Alexander Royal Wheeler</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#273.48.39">Frederick William Lord</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#826.34.49">Henry Ward Beecher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frank.html#124.41.50">Augustus Frank</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#880.58.18">Leveret Brainard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#584.07.76">John Robert Graham Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branchfield-brandofino.html#675.27.28">Augustus Brandegee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#212.63.80">Frederick Walker Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#687.65.88">George Buckingham Beecher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#941.19.99">Luther S. Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#875.21.09">Claude Carpenter Pinney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#824.14.52">Arthur Evarts Lord</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#232.75.60">Daniel Greene Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#613.93.35">Samuel George Andrews</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#335.04.41">Roscius R. Kennedy</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-names.html">Griswold, Connecticut</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000488">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404833">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/roger-griswold/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger Griswold">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.25.94">Griswold, Roger M.</a> (born c.1853) — of Kensington, Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., about 1853. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Berlin, 1915-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/berlin.html#2">first selectman of Berlin, Connecticut</a>, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="236.52.71">Griswold, Samuel A.</a> — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ohio. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/marion.html#2">Marion, Ohio</a>, 1849-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="523.55.09">Griswold, Seneca O.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Cuyahoga County, 1873. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Griswold, Sherman See <a href="#665.03.40">J. Sherman Griswold</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="026.43.22">Griswold, Shubael</a> — of East Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Hartford, 1821-23. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="262.19.59">Griswold, Stanley</a> (1763-1815) — Born in Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/11-14.html">November 14, 1763</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Michigan Territory</a>, 1805-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1809-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Illinois territorial supreme court</a>, 1810-15; died in office 1815. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Shawneetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-died.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/08-21.html">August 21, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 280 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000489">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404834">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="125.43.23">Griswold, Stephen</a> — of Stafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Genesee County, 1830-31. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="005.59.21">Griswold, Stephen M.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1886-87. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="538.69.83">Griswold, T. F.</a> — of Covina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/covina.html#2">Covina, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="827.12.31">Griswold, Theodore J.</a> — of Wisconsin. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 17th District, 1962. Still living as of 1962. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="492.07.86">Griswold, Timothy</a> — of Old Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CT.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="575.32.41">Griswold, Timothy E.</a> (1838-1908) — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/index.html">1838</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bloomfield, 1900, 1904. Died in Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Bloomfield, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Clarence Griswold and Sarah (Goodrich) Griswold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-30.html">April 30, 1862</a>, to Sarah Adelade Barnard; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#051.62.54">Phineas Orange Small</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#981.03.48">Ebenezer Strong</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#069.85.78">William Sidney Pinney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#964.02.03">Oliver Dwight Filley</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="179.90.35">Griswold, W. J.</a> — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/durham.html">Mayor of Durham, N.C.</a>, 1909-11. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="362.29.00">Griswold, W. R.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/rockyhill.html#3">Rocky Hill, Conn.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="797.91.72">Griswold, Walton C.</a> — of Centerbrook, Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Essex, 1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/saybrook.html#9">first selectman of Essex, Connecticut</a>, 1907-10. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.83.23">Griswold, Washington E.</a> — of Guilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/guilford.html">First selectman of Guilford, Connecticut</a>, 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.76.37">Griswold, Wayne</a> — of Circleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PI-lived.html">Pickaway County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/OH.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="682.44.09">Griswold, Wayne</a> — of Norwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MO.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.60.19">Griswold, William</a> — of Mankato, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BE-lived.html">Blue Earth County</a>, Minn. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/mankato.html#2">Mankato, Minn.</a>, 1869-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.17.73">Griswold, William A.</a> — of Vermont. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Vermont</a>, 1821-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="797.98.96">Griswold, William F.</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Rocky Hill, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.97.32">Griswold, William Goodrich</a> (1854-1926) — also known as William G. Griswold — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Market gardener</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wethersfield, 1909-10. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms02589">Wethersfield Village Cemetery</a>, Wethersfield, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Minnie Grace Adams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26719632">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="474.79.34">Griswold, William L.</a> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Greenwich, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="770.14.61">Griswold, William S.</a> (1870-1950) — of West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from West Hartford, 1909-10; defeated, 1906. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">North Cemetery</a>, West Hartford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60073437">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.47.39">Griswold, Wyllis</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/auburn.html#2">Auburn, Ind.</a>, 1860. 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