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John Gaston Grant
Official portrait of John Gaston Grant while serving in U.S. Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byWilliam T. Crawford
Succeeded byJames M. Gudger, Jr.
Personal details
Born(1858-01-01)January 1, 1858
Edneyville, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJune 21, 1923(1923-06-21) (aged 65)
Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse Zsa Zura Edney ​(m. 1876)​

John Gaston Grant (January 1, 1858 – June 21, 1923) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

John Gaston Grant was born January 1, 1858, in a log cabin in Edneyville Township, Henderson County, North Carolina. He was the fifth child of William Colin and Sarah Elizabeth (Freeman) Grant, of Henderson County, North Carolina. He was self-educated and a lifelong "Radical" or Republican. He was called "Cornbread John" by local Democratic-leaning newspaper, The French Broad Hustler. He married Zsa Zura Edney on March 30, 1876, in Henderson County, North Carolina.

Grant was a Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1889, but declined a renomination. He was the sheriff of Henderson County 1892–1896 and refused a renomination in 1896. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress after which he resumed agricultural pursuits.

John Gaston Grant, c. 1908

Grant died in Hendersonville, North Carolina, on June 21, 1923.

References

  1. Congress, United States (1910). Directory of ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 92.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byWilliam T. Crawford Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th congressional district
1909–1911 		Succeeded byJames M. Gudger, Jr.
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