{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = George Grennell Jr. | image = | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1829 | term_end1 = March 3, 1839 | predecessor1 = [[Samuel Clesson Allen]] | successor1 = [[James C. Alvord]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] (1829–33)<br>[[Massachusetts's 6th congressional district|6th district]] (1833–39) | office2 = Member of the<br> [[Massachusetts State Senate]] | term_start2 = 1825 | term_end2 = 1827 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | birth_date = December 25, 1786 | birth_place = [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1877|11|19|1786|12|25}} | death_place = Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | resting_place = Green River Cemetery | party = [[National Republican Party|Anti-Jacksonian]], [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]], 1808 | occupation = | profession = Attorney | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''George Grennell Jr.'''{{efn|Also known as Grinnell}} (December 25, 1786 &ndash; November 19, 1877) was a [[U.S. Congressman]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]] on December 25, 1786, to parents George and Lydia (Stevens) Grennell. He attended [[Deerfield Academy]] and graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1808. He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and served as prosecuting attorney for [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin County]] 1820–1828.

Grennell was a member of the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] 1825–1827. Grennell was elected as an [[National Republican Party (United States)|Anti-Jacksonian]] to the [[21st United States Congress|Twenty-first]] through the [[24th United States Congress|Twenty-fourth]] Congresses and reelected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[25th United States Congress|Twenty-fifth]] Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1839). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

Grennell served as a trustee of [[Amherst College]] 1838–1859, a judge of probate 1849–1853, clerk of [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin County]] Courts 1853–1865, and the first president of the [[Troy and Greenfield Railroad]].

Grennell married twice: first to Helen Adelle Blake in 1814 and second to Eliza Seymour Perkins in 1820.<ref name="Bench & Bar">{{cite book|title=Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|year=1895|url=https://archive.org/details/benchbarofcommon02davi|page=[https://archive.org/details/benchbarofcommon02davi/page/326 326]|last=Davis|first=William T.|volume=II}}</ref> His son [[George Blake Grinnell]] became a noted businessman. Grennell died in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]] November 19, 1877 and was interred in Greenfield's Green River Cemetery.

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