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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaFrancis Marion GRIFFITH
(1849-1927)
GRIFFITH, Francis Marion,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Moorefield, Switzerland
County, Ind., August 21, 1849; attended the country schools of the
county, the high school in Vevay, Ind., and Franklin College,
Franklin, Ind.; taught school; appointed school superintendent of
Switzerland County in 1873; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1875 and commenced practice in Vevay; county treasurer 1875-1877;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; member of
the State senate 1886-1894 and served as Acting Lieutenant Governor
1891-1894; unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of Indiana
in 1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Holman; reelected to
the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses and
served from December 6, 1897, to March 3, 1905; declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1904; resumed the practice of law in
Vevay, Ind.; city attorney 1912-1916; judge of the circuit court of
the fifth judicial district 1916-1922; again engaged in the
practice of his profession; died in Vevay, Ind., February 8, 1927;
interment in Vevay Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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