McGROARTY, John Steven, a Representative from California; born in Luzerne County, Pa., August 20, 1862; treasurer of Luzerne County, Pa., 1890-1893; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre; moved to Montana 1896-1901; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1901 and engaged in journalism; elected poet laureate of California by the State legislature in 1933; author of numerous books and dramas; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); resumed the profession of journalism in Tujunga, Los Angeles County, Calif.; died in Los Angeles, Calif., August 7, 1944.

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Daniel McGroarty was special assistant for communications to President George H. W. Bush, and deputy director of White House speechwriting during the first Bush administration.

He wrote more than 200 speeches for Bush, including his first State of the Union and his televised speech on the first night of Desert Storm.

John, William and Charles McGroarty came to Inver Grove, MN in 1852. They were originally from Keelogs, Inver.

William served in the Minnesota Legislature in 1858 and later served in the Civil War, but he drowned crossing the Mississippi River while returning to his regiment.

John was active in local politics in the early years, and is credited with naming Inver Grove, for the many families who settled there from that area. All have descendants in the area.