John Keller Griffith

John Keller Griffith

Birth
Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death 25 Sep 1942 (aged 59)
Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
Memorial ID 7205754 · View Source
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U.S. Congressman. Earning a degree from the Louisiana State University, he graduated from the medical department of Tulane University and was assistant superintendent of East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane, Jackson, Louisiana, (1909-10). He was a practicing physician in Slidell, Louisiana, (1910-37) and during World War I served as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps, US Army. After the war, he resumed the practice of medicine and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses, serving (1937-41). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he was with the Milk Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture, until his death at age 59.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Find A Grave Memorial 7205754
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for John Keller Griffith (16 Oct 1882–25 Sep 1942), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7205754, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .