Grant M. Hudson

Grant M. Hudson (1924)

Grant Martin Hudson (born July 23, 1868 in Eaton , Lorain County , Ohio , †  October 26, 1955 in Kalamazoo , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1931 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Grant Hudson attended the public schools in his home country and then Kalamazoo College in Michigan. He then studied at the University of Chicago . Between 1894 and 1896 he was also a clergyman in Dowagiac, Michigan. From 1896 he was in Schoolcraft , a village in Kalamazoo County , in business. Politically, Hudson was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1905 and 1909 he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives ; from 1909 to 1911 he was mayor of Schoolcraft. In 1920 and 1921, Hudson was a member of the State Compensation Committee for Industrial Accidents.

In the 1922 congressional elections he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Patrick H. Kelley on March 4, 1923 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1931 . Between 1925 and 1927 he was chairman of the committee to control the alcohol trade ban.

In 1930 Hudson was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he worked in the insurance industry in Lansing . In 1939 he was the purchasing agent responsible for Michigan state purchases; In 1940 he was the tax officer of his home country. After that, he retired. Grant Hudson died in Kalamazoo on October 26, 1955 and was buried in Lansing.

Web links

• Grant M. Hudson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Grant M. Hudson in the database of Find a Grave (English)