John W. Griggs

John William Griggs


43rd United States Attorney General
In office January 25, 1898 – March 29, 1901
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Joseph McKenna
Succeeded by	Philander C. Knox
29th Governor of New Jersey
In office January 21, 1896 – January 31, 1898
Preceded by	George T. Werts
Succeeded by	Foster MacGowan Voorhees as Acting Governor
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office 1883–1888
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1876–1877
Personal details
Born	(1849-07-10)July 10, 1849 Newton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	November 28, 1927(1927-11-28) (aged 78) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Carolyn Webster Brandt Laura Elizabeth Price
Alma mater	Lafayette College
Profession	Politician, Lawyer
Religion	Protestant

John William Griggs (July 10, 1849 – November 28, 1927) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 29th Governor of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898, stepping down to assume the position as the United States Attorney General from 1898 to 1901.

Biography

He was born on a farm in Newton, New Jersey on July 10, 1849. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1868, where he became a founding member of the Phi Charge of Theta Delta Chi. Griggs served in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1876 and 1877, and the New Jersey Senate from 1883 through 1888, acting as the president of the Senate in 1886. He was selected as a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention from New Jersey.

He was elected Governor of New Jersey and served from 1896 through 1898. He left the state house in 1898 to serve as United States Attorney General under President William McKinley until 1901.

He was one of the first members appointed to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, and served from 1901 to 1912.

Griggs died on November 28, 1927 in Paterson, New Jersey.^[1] He was buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in that city.

Political offices
Preceded by Abraham V. Schenck	President of the New Jersey Senate 1886	Succeeded by Frederick S. Fish
Preceded by George T. Werts	Governor of New Jersey January 21, 1896 – January 31, 1898	Succeeded by Foster MacGowan Voorhees Acting Governor
Legal offices
Preceded by Joseph McKenna	U.S. Attorney General Served under: William McKinley January 25, 1898–March 29, 1901	Succeeded by Philander C. Knox
Party political offices
Preceded by John Kean	Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1895	Succeeded by Foster MacGowan Voorhees

Presidents of the New Jersey Senate

Smallwood March Canfield Manners Alexander Speer Herring Gifford Perry Crowell Reckless Robbins Scudder Scovel Buckley Little Robbins Bettle Taylor Sewell Abbett Ludlow Sewell Hobart Gardner Vail Schenck Griggs Fish Large Werts Nevius Adrain Rogers Stokes Thompson Williams Voorhees Skirm Reed Johnson Pitney Francis Hutchinson Wakelee Cross Bradley Minch Hillery Robbins Frelinghuysen Ackerman Prince Fielder Johnson Slocum Edge Read Gaunt McCran Runyon Case Allen Mackay Wallworth Reeves Bright Larson Davis Stevens Mathis Pierson Wolber A. Reeves Richards Powell Prall Barbour Durand Loizeaux Hendrickson Foran Scott Stanger Farley Proctor Barton Summerill Van Alstyne Bodine Littell Hannold Young Mathis Wallace Dumont McCay Stout Lance Harper Hillery Crane Farley Ozzard Sandman Lynch Sr. Ridolfi Forsythe McDermott Bateman Beadleston Dodd Feldman Merlino Orechio Russo Lynch Jr. DiFrancesco Bennett Codey Kenny Codey Sweeney

Governors of New Jersey

Proprietary Province	Carteret

East New Jersey	Carteret Barclay Hamilton Basse Hamilton

West New Jersey	Byllynge Coxe Hamilton Basse Hamilton

Dominion of New England (1688–89)	Andros

Royal Governors	Viscount Cornbury Baron Lovelace Ingoldesby (Lt. Gov.) Hunter Burnet Montgomerie Morris (acting) Cosby Anderson (acting) Hamilton (acting) Lord De La Warr Morris Hamilton (acting) Reading (acting) Belcher Reading (acting) Pownall (Lt. Gov.) Reading (acting) Bernard Boone Hardy Franklin

Post-Colonial	Livingston Paterson Howell Bloomfield Ogden W.S. Pennington M. Dickerson Williamson Vroom Southard Seeley Vroom P. Dickerson W. Pennington Haines Stratton Haines G. Fort Price Newell Olden Parker Ward Randolph Parker Bedle McClellan Ludlow Abbett Green Abbett Werts Griggs Voorhees Murphy Stokes J. Fort Wilson Fielder Edge Edwards Silzer Moore Larson Moore Hoffman Moore Edison Edge Driscoll Meyner Hughes Cahill Byrne Kean Florio Whitman DiFrancesco McGreevey Codey Corzine Christie

Book:Governors of New Jersey

United States Attorneys General

18th century	Randolph Bradford Lee

19th century	Lincoln Breckinridge Rodney Pinkney Rush Wirt Berrien Taney Butler Grundy Gilpin Crittenden Legaré Nelson Mason Clifford Toucey Johnson Crittenden Cushing Black Stanton Bates Speed Stanbery Evarts Hoar Akerman Williams Pierrepont Taft Devens MacVeagh Brewster Garland Miller Olney Harmon McKenna Griggs

20th century	Knox Moody Bonaparte Wickersham McReynolds Gregory Palmer Daugherty Stone Sargent W. D. Mitchell Cummings Murphy Jackson Biddle T. C. Clark McGrath McGranery Brownell Rogers Kennedy Katzenbach R. Clark J. N. Mitchell Kleindienst Richardson Saxbe Levi Bell Civiletti Smith Meese Thornburgh Barr Reno

21st century	Ashcroft Gonzales Mukasey Holder Lynch Sessions (nominee)

Cabinet of President William McKinley (1897–1901)

Secretary of State	John Sherman (1897–98) William R. Day (1898) John Milton Hay (1898–1901)

Secretary of the Treasury	Lyman J. Gage (1897–1901)

Secretary of War	Russell A. Alger (1897–99) Elihu Root (1899–1901)

Attorney General	Joseph McKenna (1897–98) John W. Griggs (1898–1901) Philander C. Knox (1901)

Postmaster General	James A. Gary (1897–98) Charles Emory Smith (1898–1901)

Secretary of the Navy	John D. Long (1897–1901)

Secretary of the Interior	Cornelius N. Bliss (1897–99) Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899–1901)

Secretary of Agriculture	James Wilson (1897–1901)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 26050006 LCCN: n85239020

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