Charles H. Griffin

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Charles H. Griffin 92nd Congress 1971.jpg

| name = Charles Griffin

| spouse =

| children =

| birth_name = Charles Hudson Griffin

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|5|9}}

| birth_place = Utica, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|9|10|1926|5|9}}

| death_place = Utica, Mississippi, U.S.

| office1 = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd District

| term_start1 = March 12, 1968

| term_end1 = January 3, 1973

| predecessor1 = John Bell Williams

| successor1 = Thad Cochran (Redistricting)

| relations = Isaac Griffin (great-great-grandfather)

| alma_mater = Mississippi State University

| branch = {{navy|United States}}

| battles = World War II

}}

Charles Hudson Griffin (May 9, 1926 – September 10, 1989) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district from 1968 to 1973.

Early life and education

Griffin was born on a farm near Utica, Mississippi. He attended Utica High School and Hinds Community College before graduating from Mississippi State University in 1949. Griffin was the great-great-grandson of Isaac Griffin, a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

He served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 in Pacific War as a third class apprentice seaman and quartermaster.

Career

Griffin served as assistant to United States Representative John Bell Williams from July 1, 1949, to January 15, 1968.

= Congress =

Griffin was elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth Congress in a special election triggered by Williams' successful bid for governor of Mississippi. He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (March 12, 1968 – January 3, 1973). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972.