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Francis Marion Griffith was an American educator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1905.
1897 United States House of Representatives elections
…1876 (retired) 1880 1894 (lost) 1896 Incumbent died April 22, 1897. New member elected August 10, 1897 and seated December 6, 1897. Democratic hold. ▌ Francis M. Griffith (Democratic) 51.47% ▌Charles W. Lee (Republican) 46.69% ▌Uriah M. Browder (Populist) 1.84% New York 3 Francis H. Wilson Republican 1894 Incumbent…
Francis M. Griffith