Charles Grosvenor, distinguished Union Army General and Ohio Republican Congressman
Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute Charles Grosvenor, born September 20th 1833. He clerked at a store and studied law. Outbreak of civil war, Grosvenor was commissioned major with the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He commanded a regiment at Chickamauga and a brigade at Nashville. Peace restored, this stalwart Republican held various local offices. Grosvenor cast electoral votes for Ulysses Grant and James Garfield. He rose to be speaker of the state house and in 1884 won first of ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Twice he was delegate to the GOP's national convention. Toward end of his career, Grosvenor firmly backed the Theodore Roosevelt administration, noting that the GOP had showered "the blessings of prosperity upon the land. It remains a badge of honor to be a Republican." Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights ...