{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people|John Greig}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = John Greig |image = John Greig.jpg |state = New York |district = 26th |term_start = {{Start date|1841|05|21}} |term_end = {{End date|1841|09|25}} |predecessor = Francis Granger |successor = Francis Granger |birth_date = {{Birth date|1779|08|06}} |birth_place = Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |death_date = {{Death date and age|1858|04|09|1779|08|06}} |death_place = Canandaigua, New York, U.S. |resting_place = West Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, New York, US |spouse = Clarissa Chapin (m. 1806)<ref name="Milliken">{{cite book |last=Milliken |first=Charles F. |date=1911 |title=A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People |volume=I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGIEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA225 |location=New York |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Co. |page=225 |asin=B0F1CC8JR5 |access-date=}}</ref> |party = Whig |occupation = Attorney }} '''John Greig''' (August 6, 1779 – April 9, 1858)<ref>{{Cite book |last=McIntosh |first=W. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpRAAQAAMAAJ&dq=John+Greig+%28August+6%2C+1779+%E2%80%93+April+9%2C+1858%29&pg=PA38 |title=History of Ontario Co., New York |date=1876 |publisher=Everts, Ensign & Everts |language=en}}</ref> was an American lawyer and politician who served briefly as a United States representative from New York in 1841.

==Biography== Greig was born in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland in the Kingdom of Great Britain on August 6, 1779, and attended the Edinburgh High School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greig, John {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/G/GREIG,-John-(G000449)/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=history.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>

He immigrated to the United States in 1797 to manage the Western New York land holdings of Sir William Pulteney.<ref name="Yacci">{{cite book |author=Yacci, Nancy H., The Ontario County Historical Society |date=1996 |title=Images of America: Around Canandaigua |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31YuMW1IvFYC&pg=PA84 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=84 |isbn=978-0-7385-3455-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Greig subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Canandaigua, New York.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Poore |first=Benjamin Perley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0bfM3ItuAcC&dq=John+Greig+%28August+6%2C+1779+%E2%80%93+April+9%2C+1858%29&pg=PA419 |title=The Political Register and Congressional Directory |date=1878 |publisher=Library Reprints, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-7222-7053-0 |language=en}}</ref> He served as president of the Ontario Bank, was president of the Ontario Agricultural Society, and was a member and vice chancellor of the Board of Regents for the University of the State of New York.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lanman |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oloHhQ_i8RcC&dq=John+Greig+%28August+6%2C+1779+%E2%80%93+April+9%2C+1858%29&pg=PA173 |title=Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States |date=1876 |language=en}}</ref> He was also one of the founders of the Ontario Female Seminary.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-k0cAt7CrIC&dq=John+Greig+%28August+6%2C+1779+%E2%80%93+April+9%2C+1858%29&pg=PA155 |title=Dictionary of the United States Congress |date=1866 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref> In 1806, Greig married Clarissa Chapin, the granddaughter of Israel Chapin.<ref name="Milliken"/>

===Congress === Greig was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Granger; he served from May 21, 1841, until his resignation on September 25, 1841.

===Death and legacy === He died in Canandaigua on April 9, 1858, with interment in West Avenue Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Doty |first=Lockwood Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9IpAQAAMAAJ&q=John+Greig+(August+6,+1779+%E2%80%93+April+9,+1858) |title=History of the Genesee Country (western New York) |date=1925 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref>

The town of Greig in Lewis County was named for him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gannett |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The origin of certain place names in the United States |date=1905 |publisher=Washington, Govt. Print. Off. |others=unknown library}}</ref>

==References==

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== External links == {{CongBio|G000449}}

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