George M. Grant

George McInvale Grant (July 11, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an American lawyer, military veteran, and politician who served 14 terms as a Democratic Representative from Alabama from 1938 to 1965.

Early life George McInvale Grant was born in Louisville, Alabama, on July 11, 1897. He attended public schools in Louisville. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1922. He was admitted to the bar the same year and opened a law practice in Troy, Alabama, near Montgomery. Grant voted in favor of the 1941 Lend Lease Act to provide material aid for the British military. This act provided "ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food" to the British army. Grant was reelected 11 more times from the Montgomery-based district until January 3, 1965. He was a member of the United States House Committee on Agriculture and was the author of the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960. Together, they had a son and a daughter, George and Alicia.

Later life and death Grant returned to his law practice in Troy, but later moved to Washington, D.C., and became a lobbyist. He lived in Washington until the time of his death on November 4, 1982, at sea, aboard the Queen Elizabeth II. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Awards Grant was awarded an honorary L.L.D. at Bob Jones University in 1950.