OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Galusha Aaron Grow

BORN:
August 31, 1823
Ashford, Connecticut

DIED:
March 31, 1907 (age 83)
Glenwood (near Scranton), Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Amherst College (BA, 1844)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (1850–1857)
Republican (1857–1907)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1834:
Moved to Glenwood, Pennsylvania 
1847:
Admitted to the Bar 
1851-1863:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Elected as a Democrat from Pennsylvania 
1857:
Unsuccessful Republican Nominee for Speaker of the House 
1861-1863:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1864, 1884, 1892:
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
1871-1876:
President, Houston & Great Northern Railroad Co. of Texas
1894-1903:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-PA)

RESOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
PA History
The Near Duel (U.S. House of Representatives)
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia

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