James Benton Grant | |
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3rd Governor of the State of Colorado | |
In office January 9, 1883 – January 13, 1885 |
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Lieutenant | William H. Meyer |
Preceded by | Frederick W. Pitkin |
Succeeded by | Benjamin H. Eaton |
Personal details | |
Born |
Russell County, Alabama |
January 2, 1848
Died | November 1, 1911 Excelsior Springs, Missouri |
(aged 63)
Political party | Democratic |
James Benton Grant (January 2, 1848 – November 1, 1911) was an American mining engineer and the third Governor of Colorado from 1883 to 1885. He was born in Russell County, Alabama and died in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
He attended what is now Iowa State University for two years and then Cornell University from 1873–1874 before he moved to the Freiberg School of Mines in Germany, where he studied metallurgy. He was also the first Democratic governor of Colorado.