Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Grow, Galusha Aaron

Grow, Galusha Aaron, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ashford (now Eastford), Windham County, Conn., August 31, 1823; moved to Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Pa., in May 1834; attended the common schools and Franklin Academy, Susquehanna County; was graduated from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Susquehanna County in 1847 and practiced; elected as a Free-Soil Democrat to the Thirty-second, Thirty-third, and Thirty-fourth Congresses and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful Republican nominee for Speaker in 1857; served as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-seventh Congress; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1884, and 1892; president of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Co. of Texas 1871-1876; returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in lumber, oil, and soft-coal pursuits; elected to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Lilly; reelected to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from February 26, 1894, to March 3, 1903; declined a renomination in 1902; died in Glenwood, near Scranton, Pa., March 31, 1907; interment in Harford Cemetery, Harford, Pa.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Grow, Galusha Aaron," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1243 Original Sources, accessed December 6, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYEMH3RA6FEFHBD.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Grow, Galusha Aaron." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1243, Original Sources. 6 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYEMH3RA6FEFHBD.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Grow, Galusha Aaron' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1243. Original Sources, retrieved 6 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYEMH3RA6FEFHBD.