Life span: 10/20/1816 to 02/07/1872TabsLife SummaryFull name: James Wilson GrimesPlace of Birth: Deering, NHBurial Place: Burlington, IABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 7No. of Spouses: 1Family: John Grimes (father), Elizabeth Wilson Grimes (mother), Elizabeth Nealley (wife) Other Education: Dartmouth College (NH)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderOther Religion: CongregationalistPolitical Parties: WhigRepublicanGovernment: US SenateGovernorState legislatureLocal government Events Date span begin Life span End Event 12/21/1865 12/21/1865 In Washington D.C., the U.S. Senate names its six members of the new Joint Committee on Reconstruction Major TopicsRepublican PartyThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesJohnson's ImpeachmentFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Subject Docs Date Title 06/08/1866 Conclusions, Majority Report of the Joint Committee of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on Reconstruction, June 8, 1866, Washington, D.C. 06/16/1866 Conclusions, Majority Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, U.S. Congress, June 16, 1866 Images James Wilson Grimes, circa 1859 James Wilson Grimes, circa 1859, detail James Wilson Grimes, circa 1864 James Wilson Grimes, circa 1864, detail Bibliography