David Grant Colson

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David Grant Colson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th district
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Preceded by	Silas Adams
Succeeded by	Vincent Boreing
Personal details
Born	April 1, 1861(1861-04-01) Middlesboro, Kentucky
Died	September 27, 1904(1904-09-27) (aged 43) Middlesboro, Kentucky
Resting place	Colson Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Kentucky
Profession	Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Kentucky volunteers
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

David Grant Colson (April 1, 1861 – September 27, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Biography

Born in Yellow Creek (now Middlesboro, Kentucky), Knox (now Bell) County, Kentucky, Colson attended the common schools and the academies at Tazewell and Mossy Creek, Tennessee. He studied law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1879 and 1880. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pineville. Examiner and special examiner in the Pension Bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., from September 1882 to June 1886. He returned to Kentucky in 1887. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1887 and 1888. He served as mayor of Middlesboro 1893-1895.

Colson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-fifth Congress).

He served as colonel of a Kentucky regiment during the Spanish-American War. In a feud with a fellow officer after mustering out after the war, he killed three men in a pistol fight in Frankfort, Kentucky on January 16, 1900.

He died in Middlesboro, Kentucky, September 27, 1904. He was interred in Colson Cemetery.

References

• David Grant Colson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Persondata
Name	Colson, David Grant
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 1, 1861
Place of birth	Middlesboro, Kentucky
Date of death	September 27, 1904
Place of death	Middlesboro, Kentucky