Walter K. Granger

{{More footnotes needed|date=May 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Walter K. Granger | image = WalterKGranger.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|10|11}} | birth_place = [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], [[Utah Territory]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|04|21|1888|10|11}} | death_place = [[Cedar City, Utah]], U.S. | state1 = [[Utah]] | district1 = [[Utah's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term_start1 = January 3, 1941 | term_end1 = January 3, 1953 | preceded1 = [[Abe Murdock]] | succeeded1 = [[Douglas R. Stringfellow]] | office2 = Member of the [[Utah House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1932-1937 | office3 = Mayor of [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]] | term3 = 1930-1932 | term4 = 1923-1926 | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[Southern Utah University|Branch Agricultural College]] | allegiance = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America}}}} | branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg|border|20px]] [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] | service_years = 1918–1919 | rank = [[File:WW1-Sergeant.svg|25px]] [[Sergeant]] | battles = [[World War I]] | unit = [[11th Marine Regiment (United States)|Eleventh Regiment]] | mawards = }}

'''Walter Keil Granger''' (October 11, 1888 – April 21, 1978) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Utah]].

Born in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]] in the [[Utah Territory]], Granger moved with his parents to [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]], in 1894.<ref>{{Citation | last = Salmon | first = Doris F. | title = Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Utah Press | year = 1994 | chapter = Granger, Walter Keil | chapter-url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/g/GRANGER_WALTER.shtml | url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240321165054/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/g/GRANGER_WALTER.shtml | archive-date = March 21, 2024 | isbn = 9780874804256 | access-date = May 3, 2024}}</ref> He attended the public schools and graduated from [[Southern Utah University|Branch Agricultural College]] at [[Cedar City, Utah]] in 1909. From 1909 to 1911 Granger served as an [[Missionary (LDS Church)|LDS missionary]] in the [[Southern United States|Southern States]] [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]].<ref name="Jensen. p. 573">[[Andrew Jenson|Andrew Jensen]]. ''LDS Biographical Encyclopedia'', Vol. 4, p. 573</ref>

Granger served as postmaster of Cedar City from 1914 to 1922. During this time he served overseas as a sergeant in the [[11th Marine Regiment (United States)|Eleventh Regiment]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]] from 1918 to 1919, which saw no combat in the waning days of [[World War I]]. He later twice served as mayor of Cedar City from 1923 to 1926 and 1930 to 1932. From 1926 until at least 1930 Granger was also the [[Bishop (LDS Church)|LDS Bishop]] of the Cedar 3rd [[Ward (LDS Church)|Ward]] in Cedar City.<ref name="Jensen. p. 573"/>

Advancing his political career, Granger served as member of the [[Utah House of Representatives]] from 1932 to 1937, and serving as [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]] in 1935. He then served as member of the Public Service Commission of Utah from 1937 to 1940. In 1941 Granger was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[77th United States Congress|Seventy-seventh]] and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1952 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the [[United States Senate]]. In 1954 he was again an unsuccessful candidate, in the election to the [[84th United States Congress]].

Granger was engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock raising and served as member of the board of trustees of [[Utah State Agricultural College]]. After his political life he resumed his farming interests and from 1967 to 1970 served as member of the Board of Appeals of the [[United States Forest Service]] in the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]].

After retiring, he resided again in Cedar City, where he died April 21, 1978, at the age of 89. He was interred in Cedar City Cemetery.

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