John A. Grimball

John A. Grimball was an American politician. He was the 2nd Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from 1821 to 1833.

John A. Grimball
2nd Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
January 1821 – January 1833
Preceded byDaniel Williams
Succeeded byDavid Dickson
Personal details
Political partyWhig

Biography

In 1821, Grimball was elected by the Mississippi Legislature to succeed Daniel Williams as the Secretary of State of Mississippi after Williams's resignation.[1][2] Grimball was re-elected on January 7, 1824; January 11, 1826; January 12, 1828; January 13, 1830; and December 1, 1831.[2] In 1837, Grimball ran for the office of the Governor of Mississippi as a Whig, but lost to Democrat Alexander McNutt.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1821). Journal. p. 29.
  2. Mississippi (1898). Department Reports. p. 92.
  3. Capace, Nancy (2001-01-01). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
  4. Hagstette, Todd (2017-08-10). Reading William Gilmore Simms: Essays of Introduction to the Author's Canon. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-773-2.
  5. Busbee, Westley F., Jr. (2015-01-20). Mississippi: A History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-118-75590-7.
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