Biography |
Martin Grover (October 20, 1811 - August 23, 1875) was a United States
Representative from New York. Born in Hartwick, Otsego County, he attended the
common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Angelica, Allegany County. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth
Congress, holding office from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. He was elected
justice of the New York supreme court in November 1857 and was reelected in
1859, and was elected judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1867. After the
reorganization of the court of appeals in 1869 he was elected an associate judge
in 1870 for a term of fourteen years and served until his death in Angelica in
1875. Interment was in Angelica Cemetery.