Henry W. Grout

Henry Whittemore Grout was a financier, state legislator, and philanthropist from Waterloo, Iowa. The Grout Museum is one of his legacies.

Biography

Henry W. Grout was born in Waterloo, on March 24, 1858. He worked as a miner, farmer, traveling salesman, real estate agent, park commissioner and bank director.
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.
A Republican, he was elected to two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives, serving from 1910 to 1914. He represented the 38th District in the state Senate from 1914 to 1918.
He died in Waterloo on June 28, 1932, suffering a heart attack while giving a talk to the Optimist Club at the Hotel President.