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  Groesbeck, William Slocum
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NameWilliam Slocum Groesbeck
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
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Born July 24, 1815
DiedJuly 07, 1897 (81 years)
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Aug 19, 2015 08:20pm
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Infoa Representative from Ohio; born in Kinderhook, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 24, 1815; moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1816; attended the common schools and Augusta (Ky.) College; was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1835; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio; member of the State constitutional convention in 1851; commissioner to codify the laws of Ohio in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; served in the State senate 1862-1864; delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; one of President Johnson?s counsel in his impeachment trial in 1868; Independent Liberal Republican candidate for United States President in 1872; delegate to the International Monetary Conference in Paris, France, in 1878; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 7, 1897; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.


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Wife Elizabeth Burnet Groesbeck 00, 0000-
Father In-Law Jacob Burnet 1770-1853

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  11/05/1872 US Vice President Lost 0.28% (-80.97%)
  07/10/1872 US President - D Convention Lost 0.28% (-94.48%)
  06/22/1872 US President - ILR Convention Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/14/1862 OH District 01 Lost 45.96% (-8.07%)
  02/01/1861 Washington Peace Convention - Delegate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/12/1858 OH District 02 Lost 47.07% (-5.86%)
  10/14/1856 OH District 02 Won 43.11% (+10.48%)
  10/10/1854 OH District 02 Lost 33.97% (-32.05%)
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