GRANGER, FRANCIS
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒə], \ɡɹˈeɪndʒə], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_ə]\
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(1792-1868), son of Gideon, a New York Assemblyman from 1826 to 1831, was National Republican candidate for Vice-President in 1836, a U.S. Congressman from 1835 to 1837 and from 1839 to 1843, and was Whig Postmaster-General in 1841.
By John Franklin Jameson
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.