Background
Grout, Edward Marshall was born on October 27, 1861 in New York, United States. Son of Edward and Fanny (Marshall) Grout.
Grout, Edward Marshall was born on October 27, 1861 in New York, United States. Son of Edward and Fanny (Marshall) Grout.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1884 (Doctor of Laws, 1902). Admitted to bar, 1885.
Democratic candidate for mayor of Brooklyn, 1895. President Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, 1897-1901. Comptroller of New York, 2 terms, 1901-1905.
Candidate for Democratic nomination for government New York, 1904.
Judge-advocate and major 2d Brigade, North.G.S.N.Y., 1894-1904. Active in urging consolidation of New York and Brooklyn from 1893-1898.
Conducted contests in courts against gratuitous gifts of st. railway franchises in Brooklyn, 1892-1895.
Member Corporation Colgate University, since 1895.
Married Ida L. Loeschigk, June 4, 1889.