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Galusha Aaron Grow

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Born: August 31, 1823

Birthplace: Ashford, Connecticut

Father: Joseph Grow 1787 – 1827
(Buried: Grow Cemetery, Hampton, Connecticut)​

Mother: Elizabeth Robbins 1787 – 1863
(Buried: Harford Cemetery, Harford, Pennsylvania)​

Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party

Signature:
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Education:


1844: Graduated from Amherst College​

Occupation before War:

1847 – 1850: Attorney in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
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1850 – 1851: Farmer and Surveyor in Susquehanna County.​
1851 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1851 – 1853: Member House Treasury Department Expenditures Committee​
1853 – 1855: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1855 – 1859: Chairman of House Territories Committee​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Agriculture Committee​
1857: Unsuccessful Republican candidate for Speaker of House​
1858: Physically attacked by U.S. Congressman Laurence M. Keitt​
1859 – 1861: Chairman of House Territories Committee​

1859 – 1861: Member of House Agriculture Committee
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1859 – 1861: Member of House Rules Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Speaker of United States House of Representatives​
1861 – 1863: Chairman of House Rules Committee​
1862: Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​
1864: Pennsylvania Delegate Republican Party National Convention​

Occupation after War:

1871 – 1875: President of Houston & Great Northern Railroad​
1875 – 1894: Lumber, Oil, and soft coal Businessman in Pennsylvania​
1884: Pennsylvania Delegate Republican Party National Convention​
1892: Pennsylvania Delegate Republican Party National Convention​
1894 – 1903: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1894 – 1895: Ranking Member of House Education Committee​
1895 – 1903: Chairman of House Education Committee​
1902: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress​
1903 – 1907: Resided in Glenwood, Pennsylvania​

Died: March 31, 1907

Place of Death: Glenwood, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 83 years old
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Burial Place: Harford Cemetery, Harford, Pennsylvania
Letter to President Lincoln in 1861:
"My colleagues having signed and sent to you a recommendation for Hon. T[haddeus]. Stevens of Pa for a place in your cabinet and not having an opportunity at the time of signing I take this occasion to assure you that I fully concur in their endorsement." Grow added: "In closing permit me to express the earnest hope, as well as the desire of a majority of republican members of Congress, that you may find it compatable with your sense of duty to secure the services of Mr [Schuyler] Colfax as P. M." Genl.​
 
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