Glenn Griswold

Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold (born January 20, 1890 in New Haven , Franklin County , Missouri , †  December 5, 1940 in Peru , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1939 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Glenn Griswold attended public schools in his home country. In 1911 he moved to Peru, Indiana. After studying law at Valparaiso Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1917, he began working in this profession in Peru. During the First World War he served in the US Army . Between 1921 and 1925 he was the legal representative of the city of Peru; in 1925 and 1926 he served as the district attorney in Miami County . In 1930 he became a member of the Indiana State Railroad Committee.

Politically, Griswold was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1930 congressional elections , he was elected to the 11th constituency of Indiana in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Albert R. Hall on March 4, 1931 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . Since 1933 he represented there as the successor to Courtland C. Gillen the fifth district of his state. Between 1933 and 1939, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed in Congress.

In 1938, Glenn Griswold was defeated by the Republican Forest Harness . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer in Peru. He died there on December 5, 1940.

Web links

• Glenn Griswold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Glenn Griswold in the database of Find a Grave (English)