George M. Grant

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George M. Grant (1957)

George McInvale Grant (born July 11, 1897 in Louisville , Barbour County , Alabama , † November 4, 1982 ) was an American politician who represented the state of Alabama in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Grant was born in Louisville, where he also attended public school. Between 1918 and 1919 he was first a simple soldier and later an aviator cadet in the Air Corps of the United States Army . He then went to the University of Alabama , Law Department, in Tuscaloosa , where he graduated in 1922. Grant was admitted to the bar that same year and opened a practice in Troy . Some time later, in 1927, he became a county solicitor for Pike County . He held this position until 1937.

Grant was elected a Democrat to the 75th Congress to succeed the resigned J. Lister Hill . He was re-elected in the 76th and twelve subsequent Congresses. His term of office ran from June 14, 1938 to January 3, 1965. However, he lost his re-election in 1964 to the 89th Congress against Republican William Louis Dickinson . He then started practicing law again.

He lived in Washington, DC until his death aboard Queen Elizabeth 2. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Web links

  • George M. Grant in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Grant, George M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grant, George McInvale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Louisville , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1982