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Arthur H. Greenwood

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Arthur Greenwood
House Majority Whip
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded byJohn McDuffie
Succeeded byPatrick J. Boland
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 7th district
In office
March 3, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byLouis Ludlow
Succeeded byGerald W. Landis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byOscar E. Bland
Succeeded byGeorge R. Durgan
Personal details
Born(1880-01-31)January 31, 1880
DiedApril 26, 1963(1963-04-26) (aged 83)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationIndiana University
George Washington University

Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880 – April 26, 1963) was a United States Representative (D) for Indiana for the 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District from 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938.

The Baptist lawyer, farmer and banker graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington in 1905, as well as The George Washington University. He served as a member of the board of education for Washington, Indiana from 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 United States Congress from 1923 to 1939 and was House Majority Whip 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, Maryland, and was buried in Washington, Indiana.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd congressional district

1923–1933
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 7th congressional district

1933–1939
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by House Majority Whip
1933–1935
Succeeded by