Background
Gregg, Hugh was born on November 22, 1917 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Harry A. and Margaret R. (Richardson) Gregg.
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The Candidates--See How They Run
(Book by Gregg, Hugh)
Book by Gregg, Hugh
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/091433929X/?tag=2022091-20
A Tall State Revisited: A Republican Prospective
(Book by Gregg, Hugh)
Book by Gregg, Hugh
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963761501/?tag=2022091-20
Birth of the Republican Party: A summary of historical research on Amos Tuck and the birthplace of the Republican Party at Exeter, New Hampshire
(Hardback)
Hardback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096376151X/?tag=2022091-20
HUGH GREGG
Edit ProfileGovernor of New Hampshire politician
Education
Phillips Exeter Academy. Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1939). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1942).
Member, Jeremiah Smith Law Club.
Mayor, City of Nashua, 1950-1951. Member, State of New Hampshire Government Reorganization Commission, 1949-1950.
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1952-1954.
Career
He is the father of former United States. Senator, former governor, and former United States. Congressman Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. During World World War II, he served as in the United States. Army Counterintelligence Corps (1942–1946). A Republican, he was elected in 1947 as a city alderman, and was subsequently elected mayor in 1950, a term cut short because of military duty.
He served again in Army Counterintelligence (1950–1952) during the Korean War.
In 1952, he was elected as governor of New Hampshire. Gregg was also a local businessman involved with the family mill-working business.
He was instrumental in setting up the Nashua Foundation, which helped the city recover from the loss of textile mills in the 1950s, by recruiting new industry, including defense electronics firms and, later, Digital Equipment Corporation In later years, Gregg was best known for his defense of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, as well as his contention that the Republican Party started in this state.
Gregg was known for a sense of humor, reflected in a small hardback book he published, titled All I learned about politics, by Hugh Gregg.
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Achievements
Works
book
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The Candidates--See How They Run
(Book by Gregg, Hugh)
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A Tall State Revisited: A Republican Prospective
(Book by Gregg, Hugh)
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Birth of the Republican Party: A summary of historical research on Amos Tuck and the birthplace of the Republican Party at Exeter, New Hampshire
(Hardback)
- A Tall State Revisited: A Republican Perspective
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The Candidates--See How They Run
Membership
Member National Executive Reserve. Alderman-at-large, City of Nashua, 1948-1950, mayor, 1950. Board directors New England Council, 1952-1955, president, 1955-1957.
Republican national committeeman from N.H., 1988. Law commissioner N.H. Ballot, since 1992. Chairman N.H. Political Library., since 1997.
Special agent Counter Intelligence Corps, United States Army, 1942-1946, 50-52. Member Canada Kitchen Cabinet Association (board directors), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amos Tuck Society (founder 1994).
Connections
Married Catherine M. Warner, July 24, 1940. Children: Cyrus Warner, Judd Alan.
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Religion
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Political Party
Republican party
Education
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1953
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1954