Henry W. Griffith

Henry Watson Griffith (January 11, 1897 – July 21, 1956) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on January 11, 1897, in Palmyra, Wayne County, New York, the son of State Senator Frederick W. Griffith (1858–1928) and Mary (Adams) Griffith.[1] He graduated from Palmyra High School in 1914, and in absentia from Hamilton College in 1918. During World War I he was a second lieutenant of field artillery of the U.S. Army. In 1925, he married Agnes McLouth, and they had four daughters. He published the Palmyra Courier–Journal, a weekly newspaper.

Griffith was a member of the New York State Senate from 1939 to 1950, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th and 167th New York State Legislatures. In 1950, he ran for re-nomination, but was defeated in the Republican primary by George R. Metcalf.

He died on July 21, 1956, while on a fishing trip at his lodge on Weslemkoon Lake in Ontario, Canada, of a heart attack.[2]

Sources

  1. New York Red Book (1947; pg. 67)
  2. Ex-Senator Griffith, 59, Victim of Heart Attack in The Cato Citizen, of Cato, on July 26, 1956
New York State Senate
Preceded by
Charles J. Hewitt
New York State Senate
42nd District

1939–1944
Succeeded by
Isaac B. Mitchell
Preceded by
William Bewley
New York State Senate
47th District

1945–1950
Succeeded by
George R. Metcalf
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