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John W. Griggs

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from Paterson. He narrowly unseated the Democratic incumbent with 51.9 percent of the vote and became the youngest member of the Assembly at just twenty-six years old. Despite his age, he was appointed to several committees and played a key role in drafting the election laws under a recently approved
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as State Senator. He won a narrow election over James Inglis Jr., a local judge, by 182 votes. In the Senate, Griggs chaired eight regular committees in six years, including Railroads, Canals and Turnpikes and Revision and Amendment of the Laws. As Senator, his chief achievement came in 1884 when he
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with eleven years of corruption and voter fraud. He also criticized recent Democratic legislation, including a Coal Combine bill and legalized racetrack gambling. He spoke infrequently on national issues, but opposed free silver, free trade, and Chinese immigration. Disaffection with the Democratic
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As he had during the election campaign, Griggs called for depoliticization of charitable and penal institutions. He opened his term in office by removing many Democratic state officials from office, including longtime Secretary of State Henry C. Kelsey and Attorney General
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Though Griggs hoped to be nominated for Governor in 1889 on the basis of his taxation bill, he found little support for his candidacy. President Harrison seriously considered nominating him to the
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In November 1871, Griggs received his law license. After two years of independent practice, he entered a partnership with Tuttle and by 1879 had developed a large clientele of his own. Future
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Party in the state and the party's growing opposition to the gold standard nationally paved the way for Griggs's solid victory; he was the first Republican elected as Governor since
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Griggs held his inauguration in a formal affair at Taylor's Opera House on June 21, 1896. In his speech, he called for "a restriction in the volume of legislation," especially the
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As Governor, Griggs gained a reputation for siding with "the little guy" in conflicts between impoverished workers and their employers; he was also an advocate of civil rights for
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to be less punitive, and his bill became law and survived judicial scrutiny. Riding this wave of success, Griggs stood for President of the Senate in 1885 but lost to
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Having been turned out of the legislature, Griggs cultivated his legal practice and served as a government attorney. From 1878 to 1879, he was counsel to the
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In 1895, Griggs ran an active campaign for Governor. He received the Republican nomination at the party convention on the third ballot over Representative
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praised Griggs as an excellent mediator, known for his "wonderful power of clearing up difficulties that arose in the course of protracted trials."
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In the general election, Griggs campaigned on a platform for "honesty, retrenchment, and reform." He charged the Democratic Party and nominee
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introduced a bill to eliminate the courts of common pleas and reduce the pay for county court judges, which Griggs later signed into law.
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set of constitutional amendments. He was re-elected in 1876 but defeated for a third term in 1877, which was generally a Democratic year.
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to Daniel and Emeline Johnson Griggs. The Griggs family had settled in the state around 1733 and had been a farming family since.
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died in office. Griggs was put forward as a leading candidate to succeed him, but the legislature ultimately elected
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in 1864. Though he participated in an unruly protest against the abolition of fraternities on campus (as a member of
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Griggs married Carolyn Webster Brandt in 1874 and Laura Elizabeth Price in 1893. He had seven children.
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The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College
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before the Supreme Court, which determined the constitutional status of the lands won in the
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chaired a joint committee on corporate taxation. He heavily revised the proposal by Governor
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label in New Jersey. His victory was the first of five consecutive wins for the party.
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John William Griggs was born on July 10, 1849, on his family's farm on Ridge Road near
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Late Corp. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States
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In 1898, Griggs was offered the position of United States Attorney General by
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in 1901, Griggs resigned from the cabinet. In December of that year, Senator
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John Griggs attended the Collegiate Institute in Newton before enrolling at
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was organized on July 1, 1902, the fourteen directors included Griggs,
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Griggs entered politics in 1875 as a Republican candidate for the
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thirty years earlier in 1865, when the party still ran under the
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As Attorney General, Griggs's chief achievement was arguing the
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from New Jersey, as part of a slate supporting favorite son
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John William Griggs, 1899 by Albert Rosenthal (American)
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Griggs was one of the first members appointed to the
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United States Attorney General
William McKinley
Joseph McKenna
Philander C. Knox
Governor of New Jersey
George Werts
Foster McGowan Voorhees
New Jersey Senate
Passaic County
Garret Hobart
Newton, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Republican
Lafayette College
BA

Republican Party
politician
Governor of New Jersey
United States Attorney General
African-Americans
Newton, New Jersey
Lafayette College
Theta Delta Chi
Socrates Tuttle
Paterson
Garret Hobart
New Jersey Attorney General
Robert H. McCarter

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