Background
WEBB, J. Griswold was born on August 15, 1890 in Riverdale, New York, United States. Son of Henry Walter and Leila Howard (Griswold) Webb.
WEBB, J. Griswold was born on August 15, 1890 in Riverdale, New York, United States. Son of Henry Walter and Leila Howard (Griswold) Webb.
Harvard University, 1913. Cornell University.
Y. Newspaper Correspondent, covered Mexico Revolution, 1915. Fuel Administrator, for Dutchess Company and Chairman, Dutchess Company Defense Council, at beginning World War. Enlisted United States Army, August, 1918.
First Chairman, American Legion, Dutchess Company Elected to New York State Assembly, 1919-1922. Elected to State Senate, New York, 28 Senatorial District, comprising Putnam, Dutchess and Columbia Cos. President Dutchess Company Fair, 1923.
Chairman, New York State Suburban Transit Commission, 1926, Legislative Committee on Recodification of Town Law, 1927, Special Joint Legislative Committee on Aviation, 1928, State Aviation Commission, since 1929.
Member: Masons; Shrine. Elks; Sons of Revolution. Society of Colonial Wars.
Clubs: Harvard (New York City), Racquet and Tennis (New York City), Fort Orange (Albany), Dutchess Company Golf and Country.
Spouse Anne Pendleton Rogers, 1914, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N.