James Benton Grant (January 2, 1848 – November 1, 1911) was an American mining engineer, Confederate soldier, and the third

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from 1883 to 1885. He was born in

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and died in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. During the outbreak of the

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, he enlisted as a private in the 20th Alabama Light Artillery regiment in the Confederate Army. He attended what is now

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for two years and then

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from 1873–1874 before he moved to the Freiberg School of Mines in Germany, where he studied metallurgy. He was also the first Democratic governor of Colorado.

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1848 births 1911 deaths Cornell University alumni Democratic Party governors of Colorado American mining engineers People from Russell County, Alabama Iowa State University alumni 19th-century American politicians Confederate States Army personnel {{Colorado-politician-stub

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