William A. Griswold (September 15, 1775 – January 17, 1846) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Vermont.
[1][2] His family moved to Bennington, Vermont when he was ten years old and he attended the common schools there.
[4] In 1803 Griswold was named State's Attorney for Caledonia County, a position in which he served almost continuously until moving to Burlington in 1821.
[7] In 1812 Griswold was one of Vermont's presidential electors, casting his ballot for James Madison.
[14] In 1836 Griswold, by now a Whig, was a presidential elector from Vermont and cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison.