Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold (January 20, 1890 – December 5, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a

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from

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from 1931 to 1939.

Biography

Born in

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, Griswold attended public schools. He moved to

Peru, Indiana Peru is a city in, and the county seat of, Miami County, Indiana, Miami County, Indiana, United States. It is north of Indianapolis. The population was 11,417 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous city in Miami County. Peru is located ...

, in 1911. He attended Valparaiso (Indiana) Law School. He was

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in 1917 and commenced practice in

. During the First World War, he served in the

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as a private in Company B, Fourth Regiment Casual Detachment. After the war he became the city attorney of

from 1921 to 1925. He served as prosecuting attorney of

Miami County, Indiana Miami County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 36,903. The county seat is the City of Peru. Miami County is part of the Kokomo-Peru CSA. History Indiana became a state on December 11, 1816, afte ...

, in 1925 and 1926. He served as a member of the Indiana Railroad Commission in 1930. Griswold was elected as a

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to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. Reengaged in the practice of law in

, until his death there on December 5, 1940. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Peru, Indiana.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Griswold, Glenn Hasenfratz 1890 births 1940 deaths United States Army soldiers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 20th-century American politicians