1. Felix Grundy was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General.
16 Facts About Felix Grundy
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Felix Grundy had served several terms as a congressman and as a US senator from Tennessee.
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Felix Grundy was known for his success as a criminal lawyer who attracted crowds when he served on the defense.
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Felix Grundy was educated at home and at the Bardstown Academy in Bardstown, Kentucky.
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Felix Grundy read law as an apprentice with an established firm, was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1799.
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Felix Grundy moved to Nelson County, and was elected to represent it in the Kentucky House for one term.
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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 opposed to the rising Kentucky politician, Henry Clay, whose Bluegrass interests clashed with Felix Grundy's.
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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 was elected and served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1819 to 1825.
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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.
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Felix Grundy was appointed as Attorney General of the United States by President Martin Van Buren in July 1838.
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Felix Grundy resigned the post in December 1839, having been elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 19,1839, to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4,1839, caused by the resignation of Ephraim Foster.
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Felix Grundy resolved the question of whether he was eligible to be elected as Senator while holding the office of Attorney General by resigning on December 14,1839.
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Felix Grundy was reelected by the Tennessee legislature to the Senate the same day, serving from December 14,1839, until his death in Nashville, a little over a year later.
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Felix Grundy was buried at Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.