| Henry W. Grout | |
| Birth Name: | Henry Whittemore Grout |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Waterloo, Iowa |
| Death Place: | Waterloo, Iowa |
| Occupation: | Financier, politician |
| Party: | Republican |
| Office1: | Member of the Iowa Senate |
| Constituency1: | 38th District |
| Term Start1: | 1914 |
| Term End1: | 1918 |
| Office2: | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 1910 |
| Term End2: | 1914 |
Henry Whittemore Grout (March 24, 1858 – June 28, 1932) was a financier, state legislator, and philanthropist from Waterloo, Iowa. The Grout Museum is one of his legacies.
Henry W. Grout was born in Waterloo, on March 24, 1858.[1] He worked as a miner, farmer, traveling salesman, real estate agent, park commissioner and bank director.[2] [3]
He married Olive Wright Wilson on December 29, 1892. After her death on August 30, 1910, he remarried to Agnes A. Perry on September 3, 1914.[3]
A Republican, he was elected to two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives, serving from 1910 to 1914.[2] He represented the 38th District in the state Senate from 1914 to 1918.[3]
He died in Waterloo on June 28, 1932, suffering a heart attack while giving a talk at the Hotel President.[3] [4]