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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Joseph GRANFIELD
(1889-1959)
GRANFIELD, William Joseph,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Springfield, Mass.,
December 18, 1889; attended the grammar and high schools; was
graduated from Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass., in 1910 and
from the law school of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend,
Ind., in 1913; member of the common council in 1915 and 1916; was
admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Springfield,
Mass.; served in the State house of representatives 1917-1919;
delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1918 and 1919;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928 and
delegate at large in 1932, 1936, and 1940; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of William K. Kaynor; reelected to the Seventy-second,
Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from
February 11, 1930, to January 3, 1937; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1936; appointed for life as presiding justice of
the district court, Springfield, Mass., in 1936, and served until
his retirement July 27, 1949, due to illness; died in Springfield,
Mass., May 28, 1959; interment in St. Michael’s Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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