11 Facts About William Grason

William Grason served as the 25th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1839 to 1842.

William Grason was the first Governor of Maryland directly elected by the general electorate and the first elected governor from the Eastern Shore of Maryland due to a system that rotated the governorship by requiring the governor come from one of three regions in sequence.

William Grason is believed to have been born at 'Eagle's Nest' on the Wye River in 1786, was probably born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

William Grason entered the United States Navy as a midshipman, but his naval career seems to have been only of short duration.

William Grason was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1828 and re-elected the following year.

In 1835, Grason made his second attempt to secure a seat in Congress, but in the general election he was defeated by James A Pearce, the Whig candidate.

In 1837, William Grason was re-elected to the Maryland House of Delegates.

William Grason defeated Steele by a statewide margin of 311 votes.

William Grason's term ended on January 3,1842, and he returned to his farm in Queen Anne's County.

William Grason was defeated for election to the Maryland State Senate in 1856.

William Grason died at his home near Queenstown, Maryland in Queen Anne's County on July 2,1868, at the age of 80, and he was buried on his own land, now called 'Wye River Farm.