Walter K. Granger

Walter Keil Granger ( born October 11, 1888 in St. George, Utah, † April 21, 1978 in Cedar City, Utah ) was an American politician. Between 1941 and 1953 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

In 1894, Walter Granger came with his parents to Cedar City, where he attended the public schools until 1909 and a branch of the University of Utah. Later he also visited in Cedar City is an agricultural college. In the following years he worked in agriculture and especially in cattle breeding. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah State Agricultural College. Between 1914 and 1922 he was postmaster in Cedar City. This period was interrupted by his military service in the U.S. Marines during World War II.

Political career

Walter Granger was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1923 and 1926, and again from 1930 to 1932 he was mayor of Cedar City. From 1932 to 1937 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Utah, where he was president of the house in 1935. In the years 1937-1940 was Granger Member of the Commission, which dealt with the public services ( Public Service Commission ). In the congressional elections of 1940 he was elected for the first electoral district of Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he 1941 Orrice Abram Murdock replaced on January 3. After several re- elections he could implement his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1953. In the elections of 1952, he did not stand; Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. His seat in the U.S. House of Representatives then fell to Douglas R. Stringfellow. In 1954 he failed to return to the Congress.

Further CV

After the end of his political activity in Congress Walter Granger began working again in agriculture. Between 1967 and 1970 he was a member of an appeal committee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where it is the forest and forest administration raised issues. Then he withdrew into retirement to Cedar City, where he died in 1978 at the age of 89 years.