Josiah Grout
| Josiah Grout, Jr. | |
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Official Vermont State House portrait
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| 46th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 8, 1896 – October 6, 1898 |
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| Lieutenant | Nelson W. Fisk |
| Preceded by | Urban A. Woodbury |
| Succeeded by | Edward C. Smith |
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May 28, 1841 Compton, Lower Canada, British Canada |
| Died | July 19, 1925 (aged 84) Derby, Vermont, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Hinman |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Josiah Grout, Jr. (May 28, 1841 – July 19, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician in the US state of Vermont.
Born in the British Canadian Province of Lower Canada to Vermonter parents, he served in the American Civil War as a Union Army officer before entering the legal profession after the war. A Republican, he entered politics and was elected to both houses of the Vermont General Assembly, serving as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Grout was elected the 46th Governor of Vermont and served from 1896 to 1898.
Grout was born in Compton in the British Canadian Province of Lower Canada. He was the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer) Grout. His parents, native Vermonters, returned to that state when he was six. He received his early education in the public schools and at Orleans Liberal Institute at Glover, Vermont. He was a student at St. Johnsbury Academy when the Civil War broke out, and he left to enlist.
Grout enlisted October 2, 1861, as a private in Company I, 1st Vermont Cavalry. He mustered in as 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, on October 21, 1861. He was promoted to first lieutenant on April 25, 1862, and captain on April 4, 1863. After participating in 17 battles, he was wounded on April 1, 1863 at the Skirmish at Miskel Farm against the Confederate partisan John S. Mosby, near Broad Run, Virginia, and was discharged due to his wounds on October 1, 1863. After the St. Albans Raid, he was commissioned captain, Company M, Vermont Frontier Cavalry (26th New York Cavalry), on January 10, 1865, and promoted to major of the regiment on March 22, 1865. He mustered out with the two Vermont companies on June 27, 1865.
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