Arthur H. Greenwood

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Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880April 26, 1963) was an United States Representative (D) for Indiana for 2nd District from 19231933 and for the 7th District 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938.

The Baptist lawyer, farmer and banker graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington in 1905. He served in the member of the board of education for Washington, Indiana 19101916. As a lawyer, Greenwood was county attorney of Daviess County 19111915, 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.

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Preceded by
Oscar E. Bland
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd congressional district

19231933
Succeeded by
George R. Durgan
Preceded by
Louis Ludlow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 7th congressional district

19331939
Succeeded by
Gerald W. Landis
Preceded by
John McDuffie (D-AL)
House Majority Whip
1933–1935
Succeeded by
Patrick J. Boland (D-PA)