Francis M. Griffith

Francis Marion Griffith ( born August 21, 1849 in Moorefield, Switzerland County, Indiana, † February 8, 1927 in Vevay, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1905 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Griffith attended the common schools including High School in Vevay, and the Franklin College. Then he taught himself as a teacher. In 1873, he was in Switzerland County School Board. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1875 admitted to the bar he began to work in Vevay in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1875 and 1877 he was county treasurer. In 1880, Griffith was a delegate attended the Democratic National Convention, was nominated on the Winfield Scott Hancock as a presidential candidate. From 1886 to 1894 he was a member of the Senate of Indiana; after that he was from 1891 to 1894 sitting vice governor of his state. In 1894, he competed unsuccessfully for the post of Attorney General of Indiana.

After the death of Congressman William S. Holman Griffith was due in the election for the fourth seat of Indiana as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on December 6, 1897. After three re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1905 Congress. In this time of the Spanish-American War was from 1898. In 1904, Griffith opted not to run again.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again in Vevay. Between 1912 and 1916 he was the legal representative of the city. From 1916 to 1922 Griffith acted as a judge in the Fifth Judicial District of the State of. He then continued his legal practice. He died on 8 February 1927 in Vevay.