He was a founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, the central influence in the Granger movement of the 1870s.
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Kelley helped found the National Consumer's League (NCL) and the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL).
George Biddle Kelley was born in 1884.
1. The Grange was organized in 1867 and led by Oliver H. Kelley. The Grange was for the most part successful. It enhanced the lives of isolated farmers through social, educational, and fraternal activities. It gradually raised farmers goals from individual self improvement to improvement of the farmers plight. It helped to regulate railroad fees and set up stores for farmers to sell goods in. However a number of granger laws were badly drawn and their influence faded.
Oliver Wolcott died of old age in 1797. Oliver was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut.
no oliver ellsworth did not support slavery.