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Francis Granger

Francis Granger
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10th United States Postmaster General
In office
March 6, 1841 – September 18, 1841
President William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Preceded by John Milton Niles
Succeeded by Charles A. Wickliffe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by John Dickson
Succeeded by Mark H. Sibley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th district
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by Mark H. Sibley
Succeeded by John Greig
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th district
In office
November 27, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by Mark H. Sibley
Succeeded by Amasa Dana
Personal details
Born (1792-12-01)December 1, 1792
Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.
Died August 31, 1868(1868-08-31) (aged 75)
Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
Political party National Republican, Whig, Anti-Masonic
Spouse(s) Cornelia Rutson van Rensselaer Granger
Alma mater Yale College
Profession Politician, Lawyer

Francis Granger (December 1, 1792 – August 31, 1868) was a Representative from New York and United States Postmaster General. He was a Whig Party vice presidential nominee in 1836 and is the only person to ever lose a contingent election for Vice President.

His father Gideon Granger was also Postmaster General, the longest serving one in United States history.

Granger was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and pursued classical studies at and graduated from Yale College in 1811. He then moved with his father to Canandaigua, New York in 1814, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice. He married Cornelia Rutson Van Rensselaer and together they had a daughter, Adele Granger, born in 1820, one son, Gideon Granger II, born in 1821, and an unnamed daughter whom died with her mother in childbirth in 1823. His home at Canandaigua from 1817 to 1827, now known as the Francis Granger House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Granger was from a political family, with his father Gideon Granger serving in the Connecticut House of Representatives before being appointed Postmaster General by Thomas Jefferson and his first cousin Amos P. Granger serving two terms in the United States House.

Granger started his own political career as a member of the State Assembly from 1826 to 1828 and from 1830 to 1832. He ran unsuccessful campaigns for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1828, and for Governor of New York in both 1830 and 1832 with the National Republican Party. He was then elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th Congress (March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837).


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