Charles H. Grosvenor

Grosvernor in 1887

Charles Henry Grosvenor
Born	September 20, 1833(1833-09-20) Pomfret, Connecticut
Died	October 30, 1917(1917-10-30) (aged 84) Athens, Ohio
Place of burial	Union Street Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	Union Army
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography

Grosvernor was born in Pomfret, Connecticut. He was the uncle of Charles Grosvenor Bond. In 1838, Grosvenor moved with his parents to southeastern Ohio, where he attended school in Athens County. He later taught school before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced in Athens.

During the Civil War, Grosvenor served in the 18th Ohio Infantry and was promoted through the ranks to colonel. He led his regiment at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, and was a brigade commander in the division of Charles Cruft at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. At the close of the war, Grosvenor was brevetted as a colonel in the Regular Army and a brigadier general of volunteers.

Following the war, Grosvenor held diverse township and village offices. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1874–1878 and served as Speaker of the House for two years. He served as member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home in Xenia from April 1880 until 1888, and president of the board for five years.

Presidential elector for Grant/Wilson in 1872.^[1] Presidential elector for Garfiled/Arthur in 1880.^[2]

He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896 and 1900. Grosvenor was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890.

Grosvenor was elected to the Fifty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893–March 3, 1907). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Mines and Mining (Fifty-fifth Congress), Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-ninth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906.

He resumed the practice of law in Athens. The combat veteran was appointed as chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission and served from 1910 until his death in Athens on October 30, 1917. He was interred in Union Street Cemetery.

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Army portal
	American Civil War portal

• List of American Civil War generals

References

1. ^ Smith 1898 : 307
2. ^ Smith 1898 : 431-432

• Charles H. Grosvenor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-08-13
• Reid, Whitelaw (1895). "Charles H. Grosvenor". Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. 1. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company. p. 952. http://books.google.com/books?id=EJ94AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA952. 
• Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA307. 

External links

• "Charles H. Grosvenor". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5995065. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
• 1904 Photo

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Persondata
Name	Grosvenor, Charles Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army general
Date of birth	September 20, 1833
Place of birth	Pomfret, Connecticut
Date of death	October 30, 1917
Place of death	Athens, Ohio