Glenn Griswold
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Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold (January 20, 1890 - December 5, 1940) was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Indiana
Indiana
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Born in New Haven, Missouri
New Haven, Missouri
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, Griswold attended the public schools.
He moved to Peru, Indiana
Peru, Indiana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 12,994 people, 5,410 households, and 3,397 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,815.5 people per square mile . There were 5,943 housing units at an average density of 1,287.7 per square mile...

, in 1911.
He attended Valparaiso (Indiana) Law School.
He was admitted to the bar
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 in 1917 and commenced practice in Peru, Indiana
Peru, Indiana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 12,994 people, 5,410 households, and 3,397 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,815.5 people per square mile . There were 5,943 housing units at an average density of 1,287.7 per square mile...

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During the First World War served in the United States Army
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 as a private in Company B, Fourth Regiment Casual Detachment.
City attorney of Peru, Indiana
Peru, Indiana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 12,994 people, 5,410 households, and 3,397 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,815.5 people per square mile . There were 5,943 housing units at an average density of 1,287.7 per square mile...

 from 1921 to 1925.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Miami County, Indiana
Miami County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 36,082 people, 13,716 households, and 9,806 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 15,299 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...

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

Griswold was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Seventy-second
72nd United States Congress
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 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
76th United States Congress
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 Congress.
Reengaged in the practice of law in Peru, Indiana
Peru, Indiana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 12,994 people, 5,410 households, and 3,397 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,815.5 people per square mile . There were 5,943 housing units at an average density of 1,287.7 per square mile...

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