John K. Griffith

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John K. Griffith (1940)

John Keller Griffith (born October 16, 1882 in Port Hudson , East Baton Rouge Parish , Louisiana , †  September 25, 1942 in Slidell , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1941 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Griffith attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge . After studying medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans , he was admitted to practice as a doctor in 1907. In 1909 and 1910 he was assistant director of the East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane , a Jackson- based clinic for nervous disorders. Griffith practiced as a doctor in Slidell between 1910 and 1937. There he was also involved in the banking industry. This activity was interrupted during the First World War for two years, during which he served as a first lieutenant in the medical service of the US Army .

Politically, Griffith was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1936 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Louisiana , where he succeeded Jared Y. Sanders Jr. on January 3, 1937 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1941 . During this time, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

For the election of 1940 Griffith was not nominated for re-election by his party. In his place, his predecessor Jared Sanders was nominated and also elected. After leaving Congress, John Griffith worked for the US Department of Agriculture's milk marketing division in Slidell. He died there on September 25, 1942.

Web links

  • John K. Griffith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)