William J. Granfield

William Joseph Granfield (born December 18, 1889 in Springfield , Massachusetts , †  May 28, 1959 ) was an American politician . Between 1930 and 1937 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Granfield attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1910 the Williston Academy in Easthampton . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his admission as a lawyer in 1916, he began to work in his hometown of Springfield in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1917 to 1919 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He was also a delegate in 1918 and 1919 at a meeting to revise the state constitution . Between 1924 and 1940 he took part in all Democratic National Conventions .

After the death of MP Will Kirk Kaynor , Granfield was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the second seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on February 11, 1930. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1937 . Since 1933, many of the Federal Government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

In 1936, William Granfield decided not to run again for Congress. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he was presiding judge at the District Court in Springfield. He held this office between 1937 and 1949. He died on May 28, 1959 in his hometown of Springfield.

Web links

• William J. Granfield in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William J. Granfield in the database of Find a Grave (English)