Hector M. Grant Explained

Hector McNeil Grant (May 1829 – 6 April 1905) was a medical doctor, councilman, mayor, and state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas Senate. He owned a drugstore on First Street in Helena, Arkansas.^[1]

He was born in Christian County, Kentucky. He graduated from McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois and Louisville Medical College. He established a medical practice in La Fayette, Kentucky.^[2]

In 1850, he moved to Helena, Arkansas where about 200 people lived. He prepared to lead troops in the Civil War but was injured in a riding accident. He served in the Arkansas Senate in 1866–1867^[3] and again in 1880 and was re-elected in 1882.^[2]

In 1866 he represented Phillips County, Arkansas and Monroe County, Arkansas.^[4] In 1882 H. M. Grant served in the Arkansas Senate from Phillips and Lee counties.^[5]

He chaired the Committee on Memorials and the Internal Improvement Committee in 1870.^[6]

He was a member of the Episcopal Church.^[7]

His son Hector M. Grant served as Page in the Arkansas Senate in 1870.^[4] Judge A. M. Grant was his brother.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Irish Immigrant Historical Marker. www.hmdb.org.
2. Web site: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties. December 23, 1890. Goodspeed publishing Company. Google Books.
3. 1866-1867 Senate Memorial. T.. Bankes. December 31, 1867. Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023.
4. Web site: Journal of the Senate of Arkansas. Arkansas General Assembly. Senate. December 23, 1870. Google Books.
5. Web site: Outline of Executive and Legislative History of Arkansas. Dallas Tabor. Herndon. December 23, 1922. Calvert-McBride printing Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: Journal of the Senate of Arkansas. Arkansas General Assembly. Senate. December 23, 1870. Google Books.
7. Web site: Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Episcopal Church General. Convention. December 23, 1878. Google Books.