OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
James Howard McGrath

BORN:
November 28, 1903, 
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

DIED:
September 2, 1966 (age 62)
Narragansett, Rhode Island

EDUCATION:
Providence College (BA)
Boston University (LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1934-1940:
U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
1941-1945:
Governor or Rhode Island
1945-1946:
U.S. Solicitor General
1947-1949:
Chair of the Democratic National Committee,
U.S. Senator (D-Rhode Island)
1949-1952:
U.S. Attorney General 

 

PORTRAITS:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Justice
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

OBITUARY (9/3/1966):
New York Times