George W. Grider

George W. Grider (1936)

George William Grider (born October 1, 1912 in Memphis , Tennessee , †  March 20, 1991 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Grider attended the public schools of his home country and then graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis by 1936 . Between 1936 and 1947, also during the Second World War , he mainly served in the Navy on submarines. In 1947 he had to quit military service for health reasons with the rank of captain . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia and his admission as a lawyer in 1950, he began to work in Memphis in his new profession. In 1956 and 1957 he was a member of the city planning commission. From 1959 to 1964 he was a member of the Shelby County Quarterly Court , an administrative body of that district.

Politically, Grider was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1964 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Clifford Davis on January 3, 1965 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Dan Kuykendall in 1966 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1967 . This was shaped by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement .

Between 1967 and 1975 George Grider vice president and consultant was in Niagara Falls ( New York resident) Carborundum Company . He then returned to Memphis, where he practiced as a lawyer again. He also died in this city on March 20, 1991.

Web links

• George W. Grider in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George W. Grider in the database of Find a Grave (English)