Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880 – April 26, 1963) was a United States Representative (D) for Indiana for 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938.
Arthur Greenwood | |
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House Majority Whip | |
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |
Preceded by | John McDuffie |
Succeeded by | Patrick J. Boland |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district | |
In office March 3, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | |
Preceded by | Louis Ludlow |
Succeeded by | Gerald W. Landis |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Oscar E. Bland |
Succeeded by | George R. Durgan |
Personal details | |
Born | January 31, 1880 |
Died | April 26, 1963 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 83)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Indiana University George Washington University |
The Baptist lawyer, farmer and banker graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington in 1905, as well as The George Washington University. He served in the member of the board of education for Washington, Indiana 1910–1916. As a lawyer, Greenwood was county attorney of Daviess County 1911–1915, then as prosecuting attorney for the forty-ninth judicial circuit 1916–1918.
He served in the United States Congress from 1923 to 1939 and was House Majority Whip in the seventy-third Congress.
He served as a member of a number of commissions including:
- George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
He lived in Bradenton, Florida, and died in 1963 in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, and was buried in Washington, Indiana.