Arthur H. Greenwood
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arthur Greenwood
| image = Arthur H. Greenwood, 1935.jpg
| office = House Majority Whip
| term_start = March 4, 1933
| term_end = January 3, 1935
| predecessor = John McDuffie
| successor = Patrick J. Boland
| state1 = Indiana
| district1 = {{ushr|IN|7|7th}}
| term_start1 = March 3, 1933
| term_end1 = January 3, 1939
| predecessor1 = Louis Ludlow
| successor1 = Gerald W. Landis
| state2 = Indiana
| district2 = {{ushr|IN|2|2nd}}
| term_start2 = March 4, 1923
| term_end2 = March 3, 1933
| predecessor2 = Oscar E. Bland
| successor2 = George R. Durgan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|1|31}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|4|26|1880|1|31}}
| death_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
| party = Democrat
| education = Indiana University
George Washington University
| profession =
| spouse =
| residence =
}}
Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880 – April 26, 1963) was a United States Representative (D) for Indiana for the 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District from 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938.
The Baptist lawyer, farmer and banker graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington in 1905, as well as The George Washington University. He served as a member of the board of education for Washington, Indiana from 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.
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Arthur H. Greenwood}}
- [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000437 Bioguide]
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html Political Graveyard — Arthur Greenwood]
- [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000437 Congression Bio]
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| district=2
| before=Oscar E. Bland
| years=1923–1933
| after=George R. Durgan
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| district=7
| before=Louis Ludlow
| years=1933–1939
| after=Gerald W. Landis
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| before=John McDuffie (D-AL)
| years=1933–1935
| after=Patrick J. Boland (D-PA)
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Category:Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni
Category:George Washington University alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives