Wilbur Homer Grant (December 11, 1897 – August 25, 1983) was a lawyer, judge, and state legislator in Indiana.[1] He was a veteran and a Republican.[2] He represented Indianapolis in Marion County in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947. He was succeeded by Forrest W. Littlejohn.[3]

He was born in New Albany, Indiana and graduated from Scribner High School.[4]

He represented Marion County, Indiana in the Indiana House of Representatives from November 4, 1942 until November 3, 1948. He was a Republican.[5] He was African American.[6]

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  1. ↑ "Obituary for Wilbur Grant (Aged 85)". August 26, 1983. p. 32 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "History of the IBLC". Indiana House Democratic Caucus.
  3. ↑ Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (November 22, 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253112494 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ ""THIRST FOR JUSTICE": INDIANA'S PIONEERING BLACK LAWYERS". Indiana Legal Archive.
  5. ↑ "Indiana Politicians By Letter". March 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ January, Alan Frank; Walsh, Justin E. (March 29, 1986). "A Century of Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986". Select Committee on the Centennial History of the General Assembly – via Google Books.


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