Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880 – April 26, 1963) was a

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Representative ( D) for

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for 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938. The

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lawyer, farmer and banker graduated from the

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in 1905, as well as

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. He served in the member of the board of education for Washington,

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

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from 1923 to 1939 and was

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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,

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and was buried in Washington,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwood, Arthur H. 1880 births 1963 deaths Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni George Washington University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 20th-century American politicians