Bio

• Born in Easton, Pennsylvania. Graduate of Mount St. Joseph College. Married William Thomas Granahan November 20, 1943. He died May 25, 1956.

  She served as supervisor of Public Assistance in the Attorney General's Department in Pennsylvania. Also as liaison officer between the Auditor General and the Department of Public Assistantce. She had strong involvement with various charitable and civic organizations.

  Granahan was elected to Congress to fill the seat vacated by the death of her husband and served November 6, 1956, to January 3, 1963. Appointed Treasurer of the United States and served January 9, 1963, to November 20, 1966. Her signature appears on Silver Certificates, series of 1935-H, 1953-C and 1957-B; and Federal Reserve Notes, series of 1950-D, 1950-E, 1963, 1963-A and 1963-B.

  She appeared on an episode of To Tell the Truth on November 11, 1963. In August 1964 she fell in a Washington television studio and suffered injuries that included a blood clot on her brain. She was unable to return to work. She died in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

  bio: BDC; CBY 1959; WWAmPol; WWAW 66

  obit: CB Sep 79; CW 7/25/79; NYT 7/13/79

Data di nascita

• 1894-12-07

Luogo di nascita

• Easton, Pennsylvania

Data di morte

• 1979-07-10

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