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Edward Everett Grosscup

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Edward Everett Grosscup
Treasurer of the State of New Jersey
In office
1913–1916
GovernorWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byDaniel Spader Voorhees
Succeeded byWilliam T. Read
Personal details
Born(1860-08-02)August 2, 1860
Bridgeton, New Jersey
DiedDecember 16, 1933(1933-12-16) (aged 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edward Everett Grosscup (August 2, 1860 – December 16, 1933) was chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee from 1911 to 1919 and Treasurer of the State of New Jersey from 1913 to 1915.[1] In 1916 he became the New Jersey state purchasing agent.[2]

Biography

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He was born on August 2, 1860, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, to Charles Christopher Grosscup and Anna Dare Hires.[2]

He married Sarah E. Finlaw (1858–1884) on October 19, 1881, in Camden, New Jersey, and had as their child, Walter Truman Grosscup (1883–1950).[3]

After the death of his first wife he married Anna Josephine Swaney (1861–1907) on July 10, 1885, in Camden and had as their children: George Charles Grosscup (1887–1936), and Ethel Amanda Grosscup (1891–1949).

Grosscup had made an unsuccessful run in Cumberland County for sheriff in 1896, and lost a race for a seat in the New Jersey Senate in 1898 to Edward C. Stokes, a Republican who would later be elected as Governor. He moved to Gloucester County in 1899, settling in Wenonah, later making an unsuccessful run for Congress, opposing Henry Clay Loudenslager.[4]

He was elected Treasurer of the State of New Jersey in 1913 replacing Daniel Spader Voorhees.[1] He married for a third time, Florence Steele (born 1895) on June 17, 1914.[5]

He became the state purchasing agent for New Jersey on March 21, 1916.[2]

He died on December 16, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 73.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Grosscup State Treasurer and Hughes Senator". The New York Times. January 29, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. 1921.
  3. ^ "Walter T. Grosscup, Philadelphia Aide, 67". The New York Times. September 25, 1950. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  4. ^ Scannell, John James. Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide: Biographies of the Notable Living Men and Women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the State's History, Affairs, Officialism and Institutions 1919-1920 (Volume II), p. 198. J. J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed November 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "Treasurer Weds His Treasure". Pittsburg Press. July 12, 1914. Retrieved 2013-11-16.