Amos P. Granger
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name =
| image = AmosPGranger.jpg
| state = New York
| district = 24th
| term_start = March 4, 1855
| term_end = March 3, 1859
| preceded = Daniel T. Jones
| succeeded = Charles B. Sedgwick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1789|6|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1866|8|20|1789|6|3}}
| death_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.
| party = Opposition, Republican
| residence =
| parents = Amos Granger
Ann Phelps
| spouse = {{marriage|Charlotte Hickox
|December 21, 1813|}}
| children =
| relations = Francis Granger (cousin)
Gideon Granger (uncle)
| alma_mater =
| profession =
}}
Amos Phelps Granger (June 3, 1789 – August 20, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Francis Granger. Granger served as a captain in the War of 1812.
Early life
Granger was born in Suffield, Connecticut on June 3, 1789. He was the youngest of four children born to Dr. Amos Granger (1748–1811) and Ann Phelps (1753–1806). His father was a prominent physician who served in the Connecticut Legislature from 1788 to 1791 and also served in the militia alongside General Horatio Gates during the American Revolutionary War He was a first cousin of fellow U.S. Representative Francis Granger through his uncle, Gideon Granger, the longest-serving United States Postmaster General (under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison).
Granger attended the public schools.{{cite web|title=GRANGER, Amos Phelps - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000373|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=5 May 2018}}
Career
In 1811, he moved to Manlius, New York, where he was president of the town for several years. He served as captain in the War of 1812 at Sackets Harbor and on the Canada–US border.
He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1820 and engaged in numerous business enterprises.{{cite book|last1=Vaughn|first1=William Preston|title=The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States: 1826-1843|date=2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813150406|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZcfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|accessdate=5 May 2018|language=en}} He served as trustee of the city of Syracuse from 1825 to 1830, during which time he delivered the address of welcome to General Lafayette when he visited Syracuse in 1825. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852.
Granger was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859.{{cite book|last1=Granger|first1=Amos P. (Amos Phelps)|title=State sovereignty--the Constitution--slavery|date=1859|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://archive.org/details/statesovereignty00gran|accessdate=5 May 2018}} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858 and retired from active business pursuits.
Personal life
On December 21, 1813, Granger was married to Charlotte Hickox (1790–1882), one of twelve children of Benjamin Hickox. They did not have any children together.{{cite book|last1=Granger|first1=James Nathaniel|title=Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.|date=1893|isbn=9785880057696|page=109|publisher=Рипол Классик |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEoRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|accessdate=5 May 2018|language=en}}
He was paralysed by a stroke in about 1860, and died after a bout of dysentery in Syracuse, New York, on August 20, 1866.{{cite news | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/08/25/83457292.pdf | title=Obituary of Amos P Granger | work=Syracuse Journal | date=21 August 1866 | accessdate=February 17, 2013}} He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
References
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External links
- {{CongBio|G000373}}
- [http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/G/GRANGER,-Amos-Phelps-(G000373)/ Amos Phelps Granger] at the Office of the Historian of the United States House of Representatives
- {{find a Grave|17055307}}
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| before=Daniel T. Jones
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| years=March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
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Category:People from Suffield, Connecticut
Category:New York (state) Whigs
Category:People from Manlius, New York
Category:Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Category:American military personnel of the War of 1812
Category:Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
Category:Military personnel from Syracuse, New York
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives