Percy W. Griffiths
Percy Wilfred Griffiths (born March 30, 1893 in Taylor , Lackawanna County , Pennsylvania , † June 12, 1983 in Clearwater , Florida ) was an American politician .
Griffiths served in the United States Navy from 1910 to 1913 and again during World War I from 1917 to 1919 . He then attended Pennsylvania State College until 1921 and studied at Columbia University in New York City . In 1930 he completed his studies there. In 1922 he worked as a car dealer in Marietta , Ohio and was a football coach at various colleges from 1927 to 1936. In 1938 and 1939 he held the office of mayor of the city of Marietta.
Griffiths was elected as a Republican to Congress , where he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1949 . In the 1948 elections he was unable to defend his mandate. Griffiths was now active again as an automobile dealer and worked in this industry until his retirement in June 1961.
Web links
- Percy W. Griffiths in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Northwest Territory Delegates (1799–1803)
W. Harrison |
McMillan |
Fearing
MPs from the state of Ohio (since 1803)
1st District: Morrow |
J. McLean |
W. Harrison |
Ross |
Gazlay |
Findlay |
Lytle |
Storer Sr. |
Duncan |
N. Pendleton |
Duncan |
Faran |
Disney |
Day |
G. Pendleton |
Eggleston |
Strader |
Perry |
Dodds |
Sayler |
Butterworth |
Follett |
Butterworth |
Storer Jr. |
C. Taffeta |
Shattuc |
Longworth |
Bowdle |
Longworth |
Hollister |
Dixon |
Elston |
Shearers |
Rich |
Gilligan |
R. Taft |
Keating |
T. hatches |
Gradison |
T. hatches |
C. hatches |
Man |
Chabot |
Driehaus |
Chabot • 2nd district: Alexander |
J. W. Campbell |
Ross |
Woods |
Shields |
T. Corwin |
Webster |
Weller |
Cunningham |
Fisher |
L. Campbell |
J. Harrison |
Groesbeck |
Gurley |
Long |
Hayes |
Cary |
Stevenson |
Banning |
Young |
Jordan |
Brown |
Caldwell |
Bromwell |
Goebel |
A. Allen |
Heintz |
Stephens |
Tatgenhorst |
Hess |
Bigelow |
Hess |
Wagner |
Hess |
Clancy |
T. hatches |
Gradison |
Portman |
Schmidt |
Wenstrup • 3rd District: Creighton |
Barber |
Brush |
Barber |
W. McLean |
Crane |
Goode |
R. Schenck |
Bell |
L. Campbell |
Vallandigham |
R. Schenck |
L. Campbell |
Smith |
Savage |
M. Gardner |
McMahon |
Morey |
Murray |
J. E. Campbell |
E. Williams |
Houk |
Sorg |
Burner |
Nevin |
Harding |
Cox |
Gard |
R. Fitzgerald |
Harlan |
Routzohn |
Holbrock |
Jeffrey |
E. Gardner |
Burke |
Breen |
P. Schenck |
Love |
Whales |
Hall |
Turner |
Beatty • 4th District: Caldwell |
Herrick |
Chambers |
Vance |
T. Corwin |
Vance |
Canby |
M. Corwin |
Stanton |
Nichols |
W. Allen |
McKinney |
Lawrence |
McKinney |
Gunckel |
McMahon |
Keifer |
Shultz |
Le Fevre |
Anderson |
Yoder |
Gantz |
Layton |
G. Marshall |
R. Gordon |
Garber |
Tou Velle |
Goeke |
J. Russell |
Welty |
Cable |
W. Fitzgerald |
Cable |
Kloeb |
Albaugh |
R. Jones |
McCulloch |
Guyer |
Oxley |
Jordan
5th district: Kilbourne | Beecher | Vance | J. W. Campbell | W. Russell | Hamer | Doan | Potter | Sawyer | Potter | Edgerton | Mott | Ashley | Le Blond | Mungen | Lamison | Rice | Le Fevre | Seney | Le Fevre | Seney | Layton | Donovan | De Witt | Meekison | Snook | W. Campbell | Ansberry | Matthews | Snook | Thompson | Kniffin | Clevenger | D. Latta | Gillmor | B. Latta • 6th district: Beall | Clendenin | Hitchcock | Sloane | McArthur | Thomson | Creighton | Muhlenberg | Creighton | Vinton | Morris | John | Dickinson | Wood | Bell | Green | Ellison | Emrie | Cockerill | Howard | C. White | Clarke | Smith | Sherwood | Hurd | J. Cox | Hill | Ritchie | Hill | Boothman | Donovan | Hulick | Brown | Hildebrant | Scroggy | Denver | Fess | Kearns | Polk | Davis | McCowen | Polk | Miller | Harsha | McEwen | Strickland | Creams | Strickland | C. Wilson | B. Johnson • 7th District: Vinton | Allen I | Bond | W. Russell | McDowell | Morris | Barrere | Harlan | T. Corwin | R. Harrison | S. Cox | Shellabarger | Winans | Shellabarger | Neal | Dickey | Hurd | Leedom | Morey | J. E. Campbell | Seney | J. E. Campbell | Morey | Haynes | G. Wilson | Weaver | Kyle | Keifer | Post | Fess | Fire | L. T. Marshall | Aleshire | C. Brown | B. Brown | DeWine | Hobson | Austria | Gibbs • 8th District: W. Wilson | Stanbery | McLene | Ridgway | Vanmeter | Thurman | J. Taylor | M. Corwin | Stanton | Shellabarger | Johnston | Hubbell | C. Hamilton | Beatty | Lawrence II | Keifer | Finley | Keifer | Little | Kennedy | Hare | Strong | Lybrand | Warnock | R. D. Cole | Willis | Key | R. C. Cole | Fletcher | Mouser Jr. | Fletcher | F. Smith | Betts | Powell | Kindness | Lukens | Boehner | Davidson
9th district: Beecher | Irvin | Chaney | Medill | Florence | Perrill | Edwards | Olds | Green | Watson | L. Hall | J. Carey | Noble | Buckland | Dickinson | C. Foster | J. W. Robinson | Poppleton | Jones | Converse | J. S. Robinson | Cooper | Outhwaite | Ritchie | Southard | Sherwood | Chalmers | Sherwood | Chalmers | W. White | Duffey | Hunter | Ramey | Burke | Reams | Ashley | Weber | Kaptur • 10th Ward: Patterson | Jennings | Shannon | Davenport | Kennon | Vance | Mason | Moors | Stone | Delano | Duncan | Sweetser | Taylor | Moors | J. Miller | Trimble | Ashley | Hoag | Peck | C. Foster | Ewing Jr. | Rice | Hurd | Romeis | Haynes | Doan | Enochs | Bundy | Fenton | Morgan | Bannon | A. Johnson | Switzer | I. Foster | Jenkins | Moeller | Abele | Moeller | C. Miller | Hoke | Kucinich | Turner • 11th District: Wright | Goodenow | Leavitt | Bell | Kennon | Alexander Jr. | Parrish | Cowen | Brinkerhoff | J. K. Miller | Busby | Ritchey | Horton | Martin | Horton | W. Hutchins | Bundy | J. Wilson | Bundy | Vance | Neal | Dickey | Neal | McCormick | Ellsberry | A. Thompson | Pattison | Grosvenor | Douglas | H. C. Claypool | Ricketts | H. C. Claypool | Ricketts | Underwood | Hammond | H. K. Claypool | Brehm | O. Bolton | Dennison | Cook | O. Bolton | Stanton | Eckart | Stokes | S. Jones | Fudge • 12th District: Sloane | Thomson | Mitchell | Howell | Harper | Taylor | Mathiot | Vinton | Which | Olds | Galloway | S. Cox | Finck | Van Trump | Jewett | Finck | Walling | Ewing Jr. | Neal | Converse | Hard | Thompson | Pugsley | Enochs | Outhwaite | Watson | Lentz | Tompkins | Badger | E. Taylor | Brumbaugh | Speaks | Lamneck | Vorys | Devine | Shamansky | Kasich | Tiberi | Balderson
13th District: E. Whittlesey | Spangler | Leadbetter | Mathews | P. Johnson | Parrish | Ritchey | W. Whittlesey | Gaylord | Lindsley | Sherman | Worcester | O'Neill | Delano | Morgan | Delano | Morgan | Southard | Warner | Atherton | Converse | Outhwaite | Dungan | Hare | Harris | Norton | A. Jackson | Mouser | Anderson | Key | Overmyer | Begg | Baird | Fiesinger | D. White | Baumhart | Weichel | Baumhart | Mosher | Pease | S. Brown | Sutton | Ryan • 14th Ward: Bartley | E. Cooke | W. Patterson | Hunter | Sweeny | Harper | Evans | Harper | H. Johnson | P. Bliss | Spink | Blake | G. Bliss | Welker | Monroe | Berry | Cowan | Finley | Atherton | Geddes | Grosvenor | Wickham | Owens | Harder | Kerr | Skiles | Webber | Laning | Sharp | S. Williams | Bathrick | Davey | Knight | Davey | F. Seiberling | D. Harter | Rowe | Huber | Ayres | J. Seiberling | Sawyer | LaTourette | Joyce • 15th District: J. Sloane | Allen | Andrews | Morris | Kennon Jr. | Hunter | Sapp | Burns | Helmick | Nugen | Morris | Plants | Moors | Sprague | Van Vorhes | Geddes | R. Dawes | Warner | Wilkins | Grosvenor | Harder | Van Voorhis | B. Dawes | Joyce | White | Mooney | White | Moors | Secrest | Griffiths | Secrest | Henderson | Moorehead | Secrest | Wylie | Pryce | Kilroy | Stivers • 16th District: E. Whittlesey | Giddings | Mathews | Cummins | Hoagland | J. Johnson | Ball | Tompkins | Cutler | J. White | Bingham | Danford | McKinley | Updegraff | J. Taylor | Wilkins | Geddes | Wilkins | Owens | Warwick | Ohliger | Pearson | Danford | Gill | Weems | Hollingsworth | Francis | McCulloch | Himes | McSweeney | McClintock | Thom | Seccombe | Thom | Carson | Thom | Carson | McSweeney | Bow | Regula | Boccieri | Renacci | Gonzalez
17th district: Thomson | Loomis | Coffin | Hastings | McCauslen | Frieze | Cable | Shannon | Albright | Lawrence | Theaker | Morris | Eckley | Ambler | Woodworth | McKinley | Monroe | McKinley | J. Taylor | Warner | J. Taylor | Pearson | Richards | McClure | McDowell | Cassingham | Smyser | W. Ashbrook | Morgan | West | W. Ashbrook | McGregor | Levering | J. Ashbrook | J. S. Ashbrook | L. Williams | Traficant | Ryan • 18th Ward: B. Jones | Shepler | Starkweather | Dean | Starkweather | Lame | Cartter | Bliss | Head | Edgerton | Spalding | Upson | Monroe | Updegraff | McClure | McKinley | Wallace | I. Taylor | McKinley | J. Taylor | Ikirt | Tayler | Kennedy | Whitacre | Hollingsworth | Murphy | Imhoff | Lewis | Imhoff | Lewis | Hays | Applegate | Ney | Space | Gibbs • 19th District: Leavitt | Kilgore | Swearingen | Stokely | Tilden | Crowell | Newton | Calf | Riddle | Garfield | E. Taylor | Northway | Thick | Thomas | Bathrick | Cooper | Kirwan | Carney | L. Williams | E. Feighan | Thimble | LaTourette • 20th district: Giddings | J. Hutchins | Parsons | Payne | Townsend | Paige | McKinley | Crouse | Smyser | V. Taylor | W. White | Beach | Phillips | Beidler | Howland | W. Gordon | Mooney | Norton | Mooney | M. Sweeney | M. Feighan | Stanton | Oakar
21st district: Brinkerhoff | Hamlin | Root | Townshend | Stuart | Bingham | Foran | Burton | Johnson | Burton | Cassidy | Bulkley | Crosser | Babka | Gahn | Crosser | Vanik | Stokes • 22nd District: Crosser | Emerson | Burton | C. Bolton | Fleger | C. Bolton | F. Bolton | Vanik | Eckart • 23rd district: Truax | Earhart | McSweeney | Bender | Young | Bender | Minshall | Mottl • 24th District: Young | Mosier | L. L. Marshall | Young | R. Taft | R. Sweeney | Lukens | Powell
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Griffiths, Percy W. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffiths, Percy Wilfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Taylor , Pennsylvania |
DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1983 |
Place of death | Clearwater , Florida |