John Grenier

John Grenier (born in New Orleans, Louisiana - died November 6, 2007 in Houston, Texas) was an attorney, former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, and advisor to Governor Guy Hunt.

Grenier was a pilot for the U. S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He became an attorney, practicing in Birmingham and chaired the Alabama Republican Party during the 1960s. He recruited the candidates who won 5 congressional seats for the GOP on Barry Goldwater's coat-tails in 1964. He ran for U. S. Senate in 1966, losing to incumbent John Sparkman.

In the 1986 election, Grenier advised Republican gubernatorial candidate Guy Hunt to lie low while Democratic candidates Bill Baxley and Charlie Graddick criticized each other. Hunt won the office and installed Grenier as an aide.

Grenier died at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in November 2007.

References

• Gordon, Tom (November 7, 2007) "John Grenier, considered architect of Alabama GOP, dies." Birmingham News.