Background
Graff, Joseph Verdi was born on July 1, 1854 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob K. and Mary J. (Miller) Graff.
Graff, Joseph Verdi was born on July 1, 1854 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Jacob K. and Mary J. (Miller) Graff.
Graduate Terre Haute High School. Student 1 year at Wabash College.
Admitted to bar, 1879. Practiced at Pekin, Illinois, and was president of the board education there. Practiced law at Peoria, Illinois.
Member 54th to 57th Congresses (1895-1900), 14th Illinois District, and 58th to 61st Congresses (1903-1911), 16th District.
Married Mary B. Crane, October 5, 1882.