James McGrew

Infobox_Congressman
name=James Clark McGrew

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state=West Virginia
district=2nd
term=March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
preceded=Bethuel Kitchen
succeeded=John Hagans
date of birth=birth date|1813|9|14|mf=y
place of birth=Brandonville, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1910|9|18|1813|9|14|mf=y
place of death=Kingwood, West Virginia, U.S.
spouse=Persis Hagans McGrew
profession=Politician, Merchant, Banker, Hospital Director
religion=
party=Republican|

James Clark McGrew (September 14, 1813 – September 18, 1910) was a nineteenth century politician, merchant, banker and hospital director from Virginia and West Virginia.

Born near Brandonville, Virginia (now West Virginia), McGrew attended commons schools as a child and lated engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking. He was a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861 where he voted against succession, was mayor of Kingwood, Virginia (later West Virginia) from 1863 to 1865 and was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1863 to 1865. McGrew was managing director of the West Virginia Insane Hospital for four years before he was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. He was again mayor of Kingwood, West Virginia in 1879 and 1880 and afterwards resumed banking in Kingwood from 1886 until his death there on September 18, 1910. He was interned in Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7782059&pt James McGrew] at Find A Grave