Biography

Gregory was born on January 13, 1823 in Butternuts, New York

Butternuts, New York

Butternuts is a town located in Otsego County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 1,792. The town name is derived from a stream flowing through the town....

. He would become a lawyer

Lawyer

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 and marry Charlotte C. Camp in 1848. They would have three children. He would moved to Madison in 1858. Gregory passed away on February 17, 1892. He was Episcopalian

Episcopal Church (United States)

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Political career

While still living in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, Gregory was elected a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

. In 1856, he was candidate for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York's 19th congressional district

New York's 19th congressional district

United States House of Representatives, New York District 19 is located in the southern part of the state of New York. District 19 lies north of New York City and is composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County.District 19...

, losing to Oliver A. Morse

Oliver A. Morse

Oliver Andrew Morse was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cherry Valley, New York, Morse pursued classical studies and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1833.He studied law....

. After moving to Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, he served as Mayor of Madison from 1873 to 1874. In 1870, he was again a candidate for the United State House of Representatives, this time from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Green County and Columbia County, as well as portions of Jefferson County, Sauk County, Rock County and a small region of Walworth County...

, in a special election following the death of Benjamin F. Hopkins

Benjamin F. Hopkins

Benjamin Franklin Hopkins was a nineteenth century politician, secretary and telegraph operator from Wisconsin....

. He would lose to David Atwood

David Atwood

David Atwood was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, editor and printer from Wisconsin.Born in Bedford, New Hampshire, Atwood attended the public schools as a child. He moved Hamilton, New York in 1832 where he was apprenticed as a printer and later became publisher of the Hamilton Palladium...

. Gregory ran again from the same district in 1880, losing to incumbent Lucien B. Caswell

Lucien B. Caswell

Lucien Bonaparte Caswell was an American politician.Born in Swanton, Vermont, he moved with his family to frontier Wisconsin in 1836 and settled along the Rock River, just south of Lake Koshkonong. Caswell attended Milton Academy and Beloit College, studying law...

. He was a Democrat

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