Felix Grundy was an American politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General.
12 Facts About Felix Grundy
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Felix Grundy was a congressman and US senator from Tennessee.
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Felix Grundy was educated at home and at the Bardstown Academy in Bardstown, Kentucky.
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Felix Grundy then read law, was admitted to the Kentucky bar, and commenced practice in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1799.
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Felix Grundy then moved to Nelson County, which he represented in the Kentucky House from 1804 to 1806.
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Felix Grundy was elevated to Chief Justice of the court on April 11,1807.
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Felix Grundy was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 12th and 13th Congresses and served from March 4,1811, until his resignation in July 1814.
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Felix Grundy then became a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1819 to 1825, and in 1820 was commissioner to settle the boundary line between Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Felix Grundy was elected as a Jacksonian in 1829 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 4,1833, caused by the resignation of John H Eaton to join the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson; reelected in 1832 and served from October 19,1829, to July 4,1838, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet position.
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Felix Grundy entered the Cabinet when he was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Martin Van Buren in July 1838.
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Felix Grundy was a mentor to future President James K Polk.
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Polk purchased Felix Grundy's home called "Felix Grundy Place" and changed the name to "Polk Place".