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Grant E. Mouser Jr.

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Preceded by
  
Thomas B. Fletcher

Spouse(s)
  
Hilda Gorham

Political party
  
Republican


Resting place
  
Marion Cemetery

Succeeded by
  
Thomas B. Fletcher

Name
  
Grant Mouser,

Grant E. Mouser, Jr.

Born
  
February 20, 1895 Marion, Ohio (
1895-02-20
)

Died
  
December 21, 1943(1943-12-21) (aged 48) Marion, Ohio

Grant Earl Mouser Jr. (February 20, 1895 – December 21, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Grant E. Mouser.

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Born in Marion, Ohio, Mouser attended the public schools and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in 1913 and 1914. He was graduated from the law college of Ohio State University at Columbus in 1917 and was admitted to the bar the same year. During the First World War was graduated from the Army Medical School at Washington, D.C., in 1918, and served in the United States Army as a second lieutenant in the Medical Corps with the Western Reserve University College Ambulance Unit. He commenced the practice of law in Marion, Ohio, in 1920. City solicitor of Marion 1924–1927, resigning to become special counsel in the office of the Ohio Attorney General, and served in this capacity until 1929. He also served as attorney for the State highway department in 1927 and 1928.

Mouser was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress. He continued the practice of law until his death in Marion, Ohio, December 21, 1943. He was interred in Marion Cemetery.

Mouser Jr. married Hilda Gorham in Marion, Ohio on November 7, 1918.

Mouser Jr. was a Mason, Elk, and member of Methodist Episcopal Church, American Legion, Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Phi.

References

Grant E. Mouser Jr. Wikipedia