Charles Hudson Griffin was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Mississippi

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, great-great-grandson of Isaac Griffin

Isaac Griffin

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Born on a farm near Utica, Mississippi

Utica, Mississippi

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, Griffin was educated at Utica High School, Hinds Junior College, and graduated from Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

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 in 1949. He served in the United States Navy

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 from 1944 to 1946 in Pacific Theater as an apprentice seaman and quartermaster, third class. He served as assistant to United States Representative John Bell Williams

John Bell Williams

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 from July 1, 1949, to January 15, 1968.

Griffin was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Ninetieth Congress

90th United States Congress

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 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

93rd United States Congress

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 in 1972. He then served as the Secretary of the Mississippi State senate from 1980 to 1989. He was a resident of Utica, Mississippi

Utica, Mississippi

Utica is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 966 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the URJ Henry S...

, until his death there on September 10, 1989.

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