About John Griswold Webb
Lived 1890 – 1934 (aged 43). John Griswold Webb was an American politician.
John Griswold Webb (August 13, 1890 – May 5, 1934) was an American politician from New York.
His paternal grandfather was U.S. Minister to Brazil James Watson Webb and his maternal grandfather was U.S. Congressman John Augustus Griswold. Among his uncles was Civil War general Alexander S. Webb and railroad executive Dr. William Seward Webb, who married Eliza Vanderbilt, the daughter of William K. Vanderbilt.
Webb was a graduate of the Groton School, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1913. In 1912, he went with a fellow Harvard student by car from New York City to Vancouver, a then unprecedented adventure.
Career In 1912, Webb was a war correspondent for the Boston Herald in Mexico. the daughter of Archibald Rogers. Together, they were the parents of two children:
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Who was John Griswold Webb?
American politician
When was John Griswold Webb born?
John Griswold Webb was born on 13 August 1890 in Riverdale.
When did John Griswold Webb die?
John Griswold Webb died on 5 May 1934 in Hyde Park.
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John Griswold Webb was a politician.
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John Griswold Webb was American.
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