Edwin Grant

{{Short description|American politician (1887–1966)}} {{Distinguish|Edward Grant}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Edwin Ernest Grant | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|8|2}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|8|23|1887|8|2}} | death_place = Alameda, California, U.S. | state_senate = California | district = 19th | term_start = January 6, 1913 | term_end = October 8, 1914 | preceded = Richard J. Welch | succeeded = Edward I. Wolfe | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Bessie C. Grant||1925|end=div}}<br/>Margeret Graham | children = Verne Grant | education = }}

'''Edwin Ernest Grant''' (August 2, 1887 – August 23, 1966) was an American politician who served in the California State Legislature of the 19th District, representing San Francisco. In 1914, he was the subject of the second successful recall attempt in California history, in which he was replaced by Edward I. Wolfe.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=March 2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf}}</ref>

Grant's recall was sparked by his cosponsorship of the Red Light Abatement Act, legislation purportedly aimed at curbing prostitution, a stance at odds with constituents in a San Francisco red-light district he represented.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-13-me-history13-story.html|title=Recall Idea Got Its Start in L.A. in 1898|date=July 13, 2003|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Cherny|first1=Robert W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkcqDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22edwin%20grant%22%20%22recall%22&pg=PA250|title=California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression|last2=Irwin|first2=Mary Ann|last3=Wilson|first3=Ann Marie|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8032-3503-8|location=Lincoln|pages=250|language=en}}</ref> Wolfe, who had previously run against Grant in 1912 and lost by just 95 votes, was elected with 53 percent voting for recall. Grant lost by a margin of three-to-one in San Francisco's vice and financial districts.<ref name=":0" />

During the 1920s, Grant was involved in promoting eugenic immigration restrictions. He authored a paper in May 1925 entitled "Scum from the Melting Pot" calling for a "eugenic cleansing" through mass deportation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grant |first=Edwin E. |date=May 1925 |title=Scum from the Melting-Pot |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/213764 |journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=641–651 |doi=10.1086/213764 |issn=0002-9602|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/10010 Join California Edwin E. Grant]

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