William S. Groesbeck | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | John Scott Harrison |
| Succeeded by | John A. Gurley |
| Member of theOhio Senate from the 1st district | |
| In office January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1864 Serving with Benjamin Eggleston Thomas H. Whetstone | |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Key George W. Holmes E. A. Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas H. Weasner Benjamin Eggleston Thomas H. Whetstone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-07-24)July 24, 1815 |
| Died | July 7, 1897(1897-07-07) (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Burnet |
| Relations | Madeleine Ives Goddard (granddaughter) |
| Alma mater | Augusta College (Kentucky) Miami University |
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William Slocum Groesbeck (July 24, 1815 – July 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1857 to 1859.
Groesbeck was born inKinderhook, New York, on July 24, 1815.[1] He was the son of John H. Groesbeck (1790–1862) and Mary (née Slocum) Groesbeck (1794–1854). The Groesbeck family was originally fromAmsterdam.[2] William's sister, Margaret Groesbeck, was married to his wife's brother, Robert Wallace Burnet.[3] Through the marriage of his sister, Olivia Augusta Groesbeck, he was the brother-in-law of prominent Civil War generalJoseph Hooker.
Groesbeck moved with his parents toCincinnati, Ohio, in 1816. He attended the common schools andAugusta College in Kentucky. He was graduated fromMiami University,Oxford, Ohio, in 1835 and was responsible for founding the Miami University chapter ofAlpha Delta Phi, the first fraternity chapter west of theAllegheny Mountains.
He studied law and was a law clerk in the office ofSalmon P. Chase (later theGovernor of Ohio andSecretary of the Treasury during theLincoln administration). He wasadmitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice inCincinnati, Ohio.
In 1851, he served as member of the State constitutional convention and, in 1852, he served as commissioner to codify the laws of Ohio. Groesbeck was elected to succeedJohn Scott Harrison as aDemocrat to theThirty-fifth Congress, serving one term from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1859. He was an unsuccessful candidate againstJohn A. Gurley for reelection in 1858 to theThirty-sixth Congress.
He served as member of thePeace Convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. From 1862 to 1864, he served in theOhio State Senate and in 1866, he served as delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia.
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He was one ofU.S. PresidentAndrew Johnson's counsel inhis impeachment trial in 1868.
In 1872, he was nominated forpresident of the United States byLiberal Republicans who were displeased withHorace Greeley, but his ticket was forgotten during the excitement of the campaign, at the end of which he received one electoral vote for vice-president.[4]He served as delegate to the International Monetary Conference in Paris, France, in 1878.
Groesbeck married Elizabeth Burnet (1818–1889), daughter of JudgeJacob Burnet.[2] Together, they were the parents of:[5]
His wife died on April 6, 1889, leaving five living children.[2] Groesbeck died inCincinnati, Ohio, on July 7, 1897, and was interred inSpring Grove Cemetery.
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