Louis Edward Graham (August 4, 1880 – November 9, 1965) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Louis E. Graham was born in

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, and moved with his parents to

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in 1893. He graduated from

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, in 1901. He served as deputy

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, from 1903 to 1906. He was

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of Beaver County from 1912 to 1924 and deputy

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of Pennsylvania from 1924 to 1927. He served as chief legal adviser of the former sixth Federal prohibition district from 1927 to 1929, and served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from November 7, 1929, to September 1, 1933. He was special assistant to the

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in the

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vote-fraud cases (1934–1936). Graham was elected as a Republican to the

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in 1938 and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was Chairman of the United States Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy during the Eighty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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, defeated by Democrat

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Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Louis E. 1880 births 1965 deaths People from New Castle, Pennsylvania Politicians from Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Washington & Jefferson College alumni United States attorneys for the Western District of Pennsylvania County district attorneys in Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Beaver, Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives