Grant Earl MOUSER, Jr., Congress, OH (1895-1943)

1895-1943

MOUSER, Grant Earl, Jr., (son of Grant Earl Mouser), a Representative from Ohio; born in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, February 20, 1895; attended the public schools and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in 1913 and 1914; 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; commenced the practice of law in Marion, Ohio, in 1920; city solicitor of Marion 1924-1927, resigning to become special counsel in the State attorney’s office, and served in this capacity until 1929; also served as attorney for the State highway department in 1927 and 1928; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; continued the practice of law until his death in Marion, Ohio, December 21, 1943; interment in Marion Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present